Posted in Assisted Suicide, Assisted dying, Final Exit, People in the News, Politics/Law, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), death, right to die on Nov 20th, 2009
There is a long and extremely interesting article in the Guardian in London. Worth reading. To read it, go to (you may need to copy/paste this URL)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/nov/18/assisted-suicide-dignitas-house
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Inside the Dignitas house
More than 1,000 people have traveled to Switzerland to end their lives. But what is it really like inside the world’s first assisted suicide [...]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Assisted dying, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, Politics/Law, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Suicide (rational), right to die on Oct 12th, 2009
How ‘right-to-die’ stands in 2009 –
Where voluntary euthanasia (VE) and/or physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is now legally permitted under guidelines
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You may care to look at my documents on the new internet publishing system called ‘Scribd’. A Living Will, history of Hemlock, student’s briefing, and so on. All free! Go to
http://www.scribd.com/FinalExit
—–Derek Humphry, Oregon
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Posted in Assisted Suicide on May 29th, 2009
Last year the number of euthanasia cases registered [in Holland] went up by ten percent compared to 2007. The five regional euthanasia vetting committees say in their annual report that 2,300 cases were reported. They are expecting a further increase in the current year.
According to the committees the rise is due to a new law [...]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Assisted dying, Euthanasia, People in the News, Politics/Law, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), death, right to die on May 22nd, 2009
The Associated Press newsagency reported on 22 May 2009:
Man ordered held in assisted suicide case
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A Las Vegas man was ordered held without bond Friday for allegedly trying to smuggle the same type of animal tranquilizers into the country that authorities say may have been used hours [...]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Assisted dying, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), death, right to die on May 10th, 2009
There has been a lot of talk recently of getting from Mexico bottles of veterinary Nembutal for self-deliverance.
Some reports claim one bottle is enough. True, one bottle of veterinary Nembutal (6 gms) will end the life of a frail, elderly person already close to death, but a physically strong person, healthy in all [...]
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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 the individual [...]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Assisted dying, Dead, Euthanasia, Events/Conferences, Final Exit, Politics/Law, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), death, right to die on Sep 13th, 2008
Program for the 17th World Euthanasia Congress in Paris
Towards a global recognition of our final freedom
Thursday October 30th – Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Concorde la Fayette Hotel (3, place du Général-Koenig – Paris 17ème)
2 pm – 5 pm: members of ADMD-France will welcome the delegates and distribute the working documents.
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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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