Posted in Assisted Suicide, Books, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, People in the News, Publications/InternetMedia, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), death, right to die on Feb 27th, 2008
I’m the author of a new novel titled SOUVENIR,
which is out now from Random House/Ballantine Books.
My novel, which centers on a woman who has ALS, in not any kind of how-to, position on the matter of terminally ill individuals’ right to end their
lives on their own terms.
info at
http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780345499684
My interest in the […]
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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 […]
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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, 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, Books, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), Technology, death, right to die on Dec 26th, 2007
Regarding Page 140 of the book ‘Final Exit’ concerning the Exit Bag, better known nowadays as the ‘helium hood kit’: The ordering detail no longer applies.
Last Rights Publications in Canada ceased in 2004 due to police harassment. Usually people who send there get their money back – eventually – because the […]
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