Posted in Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Events/Conferences, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Suicide (rational), right to die on Feb 19th, 2008
It is with a great pleasure that I inform you that today, February 19,
2008, that the Parliament of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has approved the
bill Errr/Huss on de-criminalization of euthanasia.
Now we can say that in the countries of Benelux (the Netherlands,
Belgium and Luxembourg) do exist the right for patients to receive the
medical assistance to make […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Events/Conferences, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, People in the News, Politics/Law, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), right to die on Feb 8th, 2008
Press Release: New Zealand Veterinary Association
Supply of euthanasia drug professional suicide, says Veterinary
Association president
Dr Philip Nitschke’s suggestion that a person could obtain a dangerous
narcotic for human euthanasia from a veterinarian is a slur on the
integrity and professionalism of veterinarians, says NZ Veterinary
Association president John Maclachlan.
“It is both illegal and unethical for veterinarians to supply veterinary
products […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Events/Conferences, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, People in the News, Politics/Law, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), death, right to die on Jan 20th, 2008
On January 9, former Governor Booth Gardner filed the Washington State
Death with Dignity Initiative with the Secretary of State. It is a
replica of the successful and court-tested Oregon law. Joining Governor
Gardner were Washington nurses, physicians, clergy, patient advocates,
and family members who have faced difficult end-of-life decisions.
Compassion & Choices (national), Compassion & Choices of Washington […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Events/Conferences, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, Politics/Law, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), death, right to die on Jan 19th, 2008
The 2008 conference of the World Federation of Right-to-Die Societies
will be held in Paris from Oct 30 thru November 2 at the
Hotel Concorde-Lafayette. More details will
be announced here as we hear them from ADMD-France, the hosts.
Literature at http://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Events/Conferences, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, People in the News, Politics/Law, RTD News, Suicide (rational), death, right to die on May 30th, 2007
More than two-thirds of Americans believe there are circumstances in which a patient should be allowed to die, but they are closely divided on whether it should be legal for a doctor to help terminally ill patients end their own lives by prescribing fatal drugs, a new AP-Ipsos poll finds.
The results were released Tuesday, just […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Events/Conferences, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, People in the News, Politics/Law, RTD News, death, right to die on May 23rd, 2007
Jack Kevorkian still supports euthanasia. In a telephone interview with Michigan TV station WJBK, Kevorkian vows to work toward having assisted suicide legalized. However, Kevorkian also says he won’t break any laws doing so.
The retired pathologist was sent to prison for up to 25 years in 1999 after he was convicted of murdering a man […]
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According to a study by INED (National Institute for Demographic Studies), between a quarter and a half of deaths in Europe will have followed a medical intervention, which could have shortened life.
Carried out in Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Sweden and Switzerland in 2001/2 this study shows that these deaths, all of which concerned only the […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Events/Conferences, Mercy Killing, People in the News, Politics/Law, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Uncategorized, right to die on Apr 10th, 2007
On March 29, the upper chamber (Senate) of the Congress of Colombia held a “public hearing” on
the proposed law that would fully legalize euthanasia in Colombia, following the Constitutional Court sentence of 1997. Senator Luis Fernando Velasco, chairman of the reporting committee on the law project, presided.
[…]
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Fest Marks Film’s Hollywood Premiere
Event to Take Place August 10-12, 2007 at Cinespace, Digital Superclub
— The organizers of HollyShorts announce that the acclaimed short film “Euthanasia,” directed by Actor/Director Adrian Grenier (HBO’s “Entourage”) will have its Hollywood premiere as the official opening short film at the third annual HollyShorts, Short Film Festival, which takes […]
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At the 14th Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, April 19-29, 2007 in Toronto they are presenting the World Premiere of “The Suicide Tourist”, a powerful film that examines the
controversial Swiss non-profit Dignitas, the only organization providing access to legal-assisted suicide for everyone, regardless of nationality, through two intimate and compelling stories of an unforgettable […]
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