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What do you call an assisted death?
Controversy in Oregon about the best term to describe how a doctor helps a terminally ill person to die under the Oregon Death With Dignity Act (1994) set me thinking about all the terms we use to describe ways of dying and death. The row in Oregon is between people on the ‘choice’ side who abhor words like suicide, euthanasia, and Hemlock, while on the ‘anti-choice’ side they want the foregoing words to be clearly spelled out because, they think, it helps their opposing case. Read more ...
Liberty and Death: A manifesto concerning an individual's right to choose to die
In a spirit of compassion for all, this manifesto proclaims that every competent adult has the incontestable right to humankind’s ultimate civil and personal liberty -- the right to die in a manner and at a time of their own choosing. Whereas modern medicine has brought great benefits to humanity, it cannot entirely solve the pain and distress of the dying process. Read more ...
Controversial in death as in life, the Hemlock Society USA as a name died suddenly on June 13, 2003, in a boardroom in Denver, Colorado. It was 23 years old. Public relations experts and political strategists – leaning heavily on focus groups – were on hand to usher in the death knell. Months of agonizing debate had preceded the decision because no one could think of a better name!
Born in 1980 in my garage in Santa Monica, California, Hemlock went on to...
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The Future of the Right-To-Die Movement
When we look at what the right-to-die movement has achieved, against what it has wished to do, an honest person would agree that there is still a long, long way to go. The first signs of organized activity on this issue came in the late 1930s in Britain, but nothing really happened until the 1970s when the public -- the non-medical world -- woke up with a shock to the fact that we often die differently nowadays compared to our ancestors. Read more ...
Assisted Suicide Laws Around the World
Assisted suicide laws around the world are clear in some nations but unclear – if they exist at all – in others. Just because a country has not defined its criminal code on this specific action does not mean all assisters will go free. It is a complicated state of affairs. A great many people instinctively feel that suicide and assisted suicide are such individual acts of freedom and free will that they assume there are no legal prohibitions. This fallacy has brought many people into trouble with the law. Read more ...
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Updated January 02, 2019
Where now should the choice in dying movement go?
Liberty and Death: A manifesto concerning an individual's right to choose to die
Evaluating Dr. Kevorkian’s contribution to the right-to-die movement in America
Why assisted suicide for the mentally troubled is so problematic
Farewell to Hemlock - Killed By Its Name
Assisted Suicide Laws Around the World
The Future of the Right-To-Die Movement
Definitions of Euthanasia
Assisted-Dying Blog
Derek Humphry's Homepage
World Federation of Right to Die Societies
Final Exit Network
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