Mark Fleischman, who owned legendary New York nightclub Studio 54 in the 1980s, has died by assisted suicide in Switzerland, his former business partner has said. Mr Fleischman, 82, took over the club in 1980 and ran it until 1986. He first became ill in 2016 and was left unable to walk or do many […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Death With Dignity Act, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Switzerland on Jun 29th, 2022
There are now 59 World Federation Right to Die Societies spread throughout 30 countries across six continents. See your national organization at https://wfrtds.org/member-organizations
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After a lengthy legal battle, an Italian man became the first in the country to be permitted to die by medically assisted suicide . The 44-year-old man died in Italy on Thursday, in the first case of its kind in the country. While it is technically against the law to help someone take their own […]
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After 50 years of trying, New South Wales today passed the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act permitting doctors to help seriously ill people to die. Now all Australian states have similar laws, although the two ‘territorities’ (Northern Territory and ACT) cannot do so under the constitution — which may be changed in the near future.
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Death With Dignity Act, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Good Death, Oregon law, physician-assisted suicide, RTD Organizations, Switzerland on May 18th, 2022
If you wish to know which USA states have lawful medical aid in dying (MAiD}, and their different requirements, Death with Dignity National Center’s State Statute Navigator is the place to go. It is a a complete, searchable database of currently enacted Death with Dignity laws https://deathwithdignity.org/resources/state-statute-nav= igator/
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Death With Dignity Act, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Oregon law, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News on May 9th, 2022
Governor Phil Scott has signed S.74 into law, amending Vermont’s medical-aid-in-dying statute. Advocates for the changes said this would make the medical-aid-in-dying process more accessible for terminally ill Vermonters. Vermont’s medical-aid-in-dying law has been in effect since 2013. It set up a multi-step process to request a life-ending prescription for any patient with a prognosis […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Elder suicide, Euthanasia, Final Exit, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News, Suicide (rational) on Apr 20th, 2022
U.K. lacks aid in dying laws -more suicides People with severe and potentially terminal health conditions are more than twice as likely to take their own lives than the general population, new data from the British Office for National Statistics (ONS) published today ( 20 April 2022) has indicated. The ONS examined suicide rates among […]
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Sisters Lila Ammouri and Susan Frazier decided to end their lives at a Swiss assisted dying clinic after becoming “tired of life”, according to an advocate who was advising them. Dr Ammouri, a palliative care doctor aged 54, and Ms Frazier, 49, had been suffering from medical “frustrations” such as chronic insomnia, vertigo and back […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD Organizations, Suicide (rational), Switzerland on Mar 27th, 2022
Sisters Lila Ammouri 54, and Susan Frazier 49, from Arizona, US travelled to Basel Switzerland and died at the Pegasos clinic in Liestal on February 11, 2022. The sisters were members of Exit International, having joined the organization in October 2020. They subsequently joined Pegasos in March 2021. They sought information from Exit on ending their […]
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Low cost, quality reading Two books from Derek Humphry have now become available cheaply on KINDLE My memoir ‘Good Life, Good Death’ can be read on KINDLE for $$1.99. (It was $33.00) https://www.amazon.com/Good-Life-Death-Memoir-Pioneer-ebook/dp/B01N2HPTMJ Also, my 1948 memoir ‘Jean’s Way’ is on Kindle for $6. People tell me that both books are quick and easy reads. […]
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