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	<title>Assisted-Suicide Blog &#187; assisted death</title>
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		<title>Realistically, assisted suicide for the troubled is not available</title>
		<link>http://assistedsuicide.org/blog/2009/11/18/realistically-assisted-suicide-for-the-troubled-is-not-available/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time was when right-to-die groups were looked to for help exclusively by  terminally ill, and sometimes hopelessly ill, persons.  But nowadays with our greater public visibility, credibility and legislative progress, many mentally ill persons are approaching us expecting positive help.
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		<title>Bid to restrict assisted suicide in Switzerland</title>
		<link>http://assistedsuicide.org/blog/2009/08/18/bid-to-restrict-assisted-suicide-in-switzerland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two popular initiatives, both dealing with assisted suicides,  have gathered enough signatures to call for a vote in canton Zurich, Switzerland. No date has been scheduled for the votes.
The first calls for the canton to allow assistance but only for people who have been resident in the canton for at least a year. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guidelines for an approach to Dignitas in Switzerland</title>
		<link>http://assistedsuicide.org/blog/2009/08/03/guidelines-for-an-approach-to-dignitas-in-switzerland/</link>
		<comments>http://assistedsuicide.org/blog/2009/08/03/guidelines-for-an-approach-to-dignitas-in-switzerland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DIGNITAS will help foreign visitors  to die in cases which they feel justified because of the terminal and hopeless suffering.  The person must be a competent adult. 
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		<title>Oregon is the most secular state</title>
		<link>http://assistedsuicide.org/blog/2008/02/26/oregon-is-the-most-secular-state/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The question is often raised as to why Oregon is the only state in the USA to pass a law (Death With Dignity Act, 1994) allowing physician-assisted suicide for the terminally ill.  Part of the answer lies in that fewer Oregonians go to church, and this is again confirmed.
A study released Monday by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Luxemburg passes euthanasia law &#8212; follows Holland and Belgium</title>
		<link>http://assistedsuicide.org/blog/2008/02/19/luxemburg-passes-euthanasia-law-follows-holland-and-belgium/</link>
		<comments>http://assistedsuicide.org/blog/2008/02/19/luxemburg-passes-euthanasia-law-follows-holland-and-belgium/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://assistedsuicide.org/blog/2008/02/19/luxemburg-passes-euthanasia-law-follows-holland-and-belgium/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Veterinarians should shun human euthanasia, says NZ chief vet.</title>
		<link>http://assistedsuicide.org/blog/2008/02/08/veterinarians-should-shun-human-euthanasia-says-nz-chief-vet/</link>
		<comments>http://assistedsuicide.org/blog/2008/02/08/veterinarians-should-shun-human-euthanasia-says-nz-chief-vet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Press Release: New Zealand Veterinary Association
Supply of euthanasia drug professional suicide, says Veterinary
Association president
Dr Philip Nitschke&#8217;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.
&#8220;It is both illegal and unethical for veterinarians to supply veterinary
products [...]]]></description>
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