Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, GLADD, Opinion Pieces, People in the News, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Jan 19th, 2012
Re: United States v. Sharlotte Hydorn Victims Rights and Restitution Act If you are one of those persons who recently received a ‘victim letter’ from the US Department of Justice in connection with Ms Sharlotte Hydorn, of California, who used to supply helium hood kits upon request, I suggest that you respond to it this […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Film/TV/Radio, Final Exit, Hemlock, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Nov 27th, 2011
************************************************** To view Derek Humphry’s opinion on Alzheimers Disease and the possibility of self-deliverance from it, visit this site on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheFinalExit#p/a/u/0/_jHcVEhZc_Y Four minutes long – “The Tragic Dilemma of Alzheimer’s” ****************************************************
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, People in the News, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on May 10th, 2011
The Oregon state Senate made it a felony Monday for companies to sell suicide kits to Oregonians. The vote was unanimous. The bill now heads to the House. Senator Floyd Prozanski says people charged under this law could be brought to Oregon to face their charges. The bill was introduced after a 29-year-old Eugene man […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Mar 22nd, 2010
To read about the outcome of using face masks instead of plastic bags in self-deliverance from a terminal illness, read this paper in the Journal of Medical Ethics about testing done in Switzerland. J Med Ethics 2010;36:174-179 doi:10.1136/jme.2009.032490 * Law, ethics and medicine Assisted suicide by oxygen deprivation with helium at the Swiss right-to-die organisation, […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations on Dec 31st, 2009
The Montana Supreme Court said Thursday (12.31.09) that nothing in state law prevents patients from seeking physician-assisted suicide, making Montana the third state that will allow the procedure. Patients and doctors had been waiting for the state’s high court to step in after a lower court decided a year ago that constitutional rights to privacy […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide on Dec 18th, 2009
ERGO’s death with dignity news digest list is available to you. So if you have a serious and enduring interest in this subject, consider subscribing to ERGO’s emailing list. (No charges.) Exchange news and views on a wide range of right-to-die topics. Only subscribe if you in principle support the right of a competent adult […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide on Dec 15th, 2009
A recent posting warned that not all preparations of veterinary pentobarbital (“Nembutal”) have the same concentration. In order for a 100-ml bottle to have 6 grams of pentobarbital, the concentration of the drug needs to be 60 milligrams (mg) per millilitre (ml), so read the fine print on the label. Two bottles are needed for […]
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You may care to look at my documents on the new internet publishing system called ‘Scribd’. A Living Will, history of Hemlock, student’s briefing, and so on. All free! Go to http://www.scribd.com/FinalExit —–Derek Humphry, Oregon
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Jun 14th, 2009
Defense fund started for the 7 workers of the Final Exit Network who were present when people took their lives to escape further suffering.
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Statement by the Board of the Euthanasia Research and Guidance Organization (ERGO) ERGO is surprised and shocked by the arrests on 25 February 2009 of four members of the Final Exit Network for alleged assisted suicide. It is even more surprising that charges under the Rico laws for racketeering are involved. The Network is a […]
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