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A severely disfigured French woman, found dead
this month after a court rejected her request for euthanasia, took a
lethal overdose of barbiturates, a prosecutor said on Thursday.

Former schoolteacher Chantal Sebire, 52, suffered from a rare and
incurable tumour which severely deformed her face and caused her to lose
the sense of smell, taste and finally her eyesight.

Her [...]

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The hardcopy paperback ‘Final Exit’ 3rd edition by Derek Humphry touched the 5,061 mark in Amazon.com’s sales listing today.
You can download an even more up-to-date digitized edition at www.finalexit.org/ergo-store

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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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Agence France Presse reported on 20 Feb 08:
Luxembourg to become third EU country to allow euthanasia
Luxembourg lawmakers have adopted a bill legalising euthanasia, priming
the Grand Duchy to become the third EU country allowing doctors to help
patients end their own lives.
The parliament passed the bill with only a slim majority with 30 out of
59 lawmakers voting [...]

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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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