Weblog of Derek Humphry, founder of the Hemlock Society & author of Final Exit, serving the rights of competent, terminally ill adults for 30 years
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Final Exit, Living Will, People in the News, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations on Dec 11th, 2009
It is not an attempt to start any kind of “organization†or to solicit any money for any reason. “It’s just a personal conviction of ours,” McKay said. We paid for it out of our own pockets.â€
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Opinion Pieces, People in the News, Politics/Law, Schiavo on Feb 11th, 2009
The controversy over the right to die of Eluana Englaro is really a battle over religious beliefs and secondarily about the law of Italy. This case is being used as a football in a struggle for moral power by the Vatican over the rules of life and death. All over the world, people nowadays want […]
Posted in Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance on Feb 21st, 2008
Edited extract from the December 07 newsletter of the Japan Society for Dying With Dignity:- The membership of the Japan Society for Dying With Dignity stands at 121,319 as of December 6, 2007. Having surpassed the coveted 100,000 mark that was reached in December 2002, our society has continued to steadily increase membership. There are […]
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