EuthaNEWSia 2009 Extended Archive Listing

Peter Singer: The burden borne by the living [The Sydney Morning Herald]

New York: Hard Choice for a Comfortable Death: Sedation [The New York Times]

Toronto: Giving dignity to "bad deaths" [Toronto Star]

Arizona: Man left support group before killing [Arizona Daily Star]

Final Exit Network in the News - Reframing Themselves and Erasing the Past [Not Dead Yet]

Canadian Panel to Study Euthanasia Stacked with Pro-Euthanasia Academics [LifeSiteNews.com]

Britain: Conductor and wife who died in Swiss suicide clinic leave 2.6m pounds to children [Daily Mail]

Hawaii: Emotion not good basis to support assisted suicide [Star Bulletin]

Peter Stockland: The hypocrisy of doctor-assisted suicide [National Post, Canwest]

Physician-assisted suicide: A perspective from advocates for people with disability [Disability and Health Journal]

India: Towards the right to die [The Telegraph, Calcutta]

Britain: Assisted dying ethics [Times Online]

Australian Minister defends Internet censorship [crikey.com]

Waterloo: Man pleads guilty in wife's death [The Chronicle Journal, Thunder Bay]

Waterloo man who "stood by" while wife killed herself pleads guilty [The Record, Kitchener]

Only Three Ways To Die [Psychology Today Blog]

Britain: Suicide pact man defends decision [BBC News]

Belgium: Charges against GP dropped in Ostend deaths [Expatica.com]

India: Judges consider comatose rape victim's right to die [Times Online]

Australia: Net filters "thin end of the wedge": Kirby [The Sydney Morning Herald]

Britain: Times euthanasia poll of MPs is "out of date" [The Christian Institute]

Netherlands: new book on history and practice of Euthanasia revives debate [The World Federation of Right to Die Societies]

USA: New Final Exit Network's newsletter discusses law on helping to die [Assisted-Suicide Blog, Derek Humphry]

Britain: "My brother took his own life at Dignitas — his life was in torment" [Times Online]

Canada: Latimer leave approved with a reminder to follow rules [CBC News]

Britain: Assisted suicide: disabled should not be allowed legally to kill themselves [Telegraph]

Australia: Suicide pills for Christmas presents - Dr Philip Nitschke [The Herald Sun]

Australia: Doctors' group warns against suicide tablet [ABC News]

Australia: Euthanasia advocate backs "light" sentence [ABC News, Australia]

Switzerland: New Dignitas premises approved [World Radio Switzerland]

West Virginia: Neighbor says homicide, suicide victim was "despondent" [WVVA]

"Mercy killing" father given lenient sentence [The China Post]

UK: Assisted suicide should never be just another choice [Daily Mail]

Ontario: Death with Dignity [The Barrie Examiner]

New Brunswick: Seniors separate "on a regular basis" to afford care [CBC News]

Canada: Issue is literally a matter of life and death [Brantford Expositor]

Britain: Suicide pact man defends decision [BBC News]

Belgium: Charges against GP dropped in Ostend deaths [Expatica.com]

India: Judges consider comatose rape victim's right to die [Times Online]

Australia: Net filters "thin end of the wedge": Kirby [The Sydney Morning Herald]

Britain: Times euthanasia poll of MPs is "out of date" [The Christian Institute]

Netherlands: new book on history and practice of Euthanasia revives debate [The World Federation of Right to Die Societies]

USA: New Final Exit Network's newsletter discusses law on helping to die [Assisted-Suicide Blog, Derek Humphry]

Britain: "My brother took his own life at Dignitas — his life was in torment" [Times Online]

Canada: Latimer leave approved with a reminder to follow rules [CBC News]

Britain: Assisted suicide: disabled should not be allowed legally to kill themselves [Telegraph]

Australia: Suicide pills for Christmas presents - Dr Philip Nitschke [The Herald Sun]

Australia: Doctors' group warns against suicide tablet [ABC News]

Australia: Euthanasia advocate backs "light" sentence [ABC News, Australia]

Switzerland: New Dignitas premises approved [World Radio Switzerland]

West Virginia: Neighbor says homicide, suicide victim was "despondent" [WVVA]

"Mercy killing" father given lenient sentence [The China Post]

UK: Assisted suicide should never be just another choice [Daily Mail]

India: Euthanasia plea sparks off debate among docs [Times of India]

SC admits paralysed sexual assault victim's plea to end life [Times of India]

India: a painful and heart-breaking story [DNA India]

India split over euthanasia in a case involving a woman in coma for the past 36 years [AsiaNews.it]

Australia: Net censorship move a smokescreen: expert [The Sydney Morning Herald]

Australia: Christian Lobby wants filter net cast wider [itNews]

Australia: Some Obligatory Reading On The Internet Filter Issue [Gizmodo.com.au]

Britain: MPs back doctors' right to help their patients die [Times Online]

Britain: Opponents of assisted suicide are in a minority [Times Online]

Britain: Judiciary shouldn't decide how we die [Guardian]

UK: This looming ageing crisis needs some grown-up solutions [Guardian]

UK: 2000 responses as assisted suicide consultation comes to a close [The Crown Prosecution Service]

Christian doctors in boycott of "back-door euthanasia" [Daily Mail]

Joining China and Iran, Australia to Filter Internet [Fox News]

Australia: Big Brother laws to be brought in for web [The Age]

Australian pensioner considers euthanasia [Tweed Daily News]

Hawaii: Kailua Case Ignites Physician-Assisted Suicide Debate [KHON2]

Hawaii: Man accused in shooting described as caring [Honolulu Star Bulletin]

Convicted killer Robert Latimer loses appeal to have parole privileges expanded [Truro Daily News]

[Right_to_die] Subject:

Now the Dutch turn against legalised mercy killing [Daily Mail]

[Right_to_die] Park

Canada: New Pro-Euthanasia Group Misinforms [Not Dead Yet]

Ad campaign for pro-assisted suicide group [boingboing.net]

Britain: Should clergy make their voices heard in Wootton Bassett and Afghanistan? [Telegraph]

Britain: Assisted suicide must not be legalised, say BMA leaders [OnMedica]

Belgian Doctor Cleared of Murder Charges [LifeSiteNews.com]

Euthanasia opponents concerned about Quebec consultations [The Catholic Review]

Arizona: Police cite claim of mercy killing [Arizona Daily Star]

Hawaii: Man accused in shooting described as caring [Honolulu Star Bulletin]

Researcher to Dutch Government: Allow Euthanasia for Newborns Based on Foreseeable Suffering [LifeSiteNews.com]

Your Final Wish Isn't Always Your Doctor's Command: Ann Woolner [Bloomberg.com]

Belfast: UVF "mercy killing" target dies [BBC News]

Scottish National Party gives free vote on right to die bill [The Scotsman]

Canada: Suicide, euthanasia bill causes disabled man profound worry, distress [Western Catholic Reporter]

[Right_to_die] Subject:

Now the Dutch turn against legalised mercy killing [Daily Mail]

[Right_to_die] Park

Canada: New Pro-Euthanasia Group Misinforms [Not Dead Yet]

Ad campaign for pro-assisted suicide group [boingboing.net]

Britain: Should clergy make their voices heard in Wootton Bassett and Afghanistan? [Telegraph]

Britain: Assisted suicide must not be legalised, say BMA leaders [OnMedica]

Belgian Doctor Cleared of Murder Charges [LifeSiteNews.com]

Euthanasia opponents concerned about Quebec consultations [The Catholic Review]

Arizona: Police cite claim of mercy killing [Arizona Daily Star]

Hawaii: Man accused in shooting described as caring [Honolulu Star Bulletin]

Researcher to Dutch Government: Allow Euthanasia for Newborns Based on Foreseeable Suffering [LifeSiteNews.com]

Your Final Wish Isn't Always Your Doctor's Command: Ann Woolner [Bloomberg.com]

Belfast: UVF "mercy killing" target dies [BBC News]

Scottish National Party gives free vote on right to die bill [The Scotsman]

BC letter: Spend just one day in his shoes [Comox Valley Record, BC]

Waiting for Montana Supreme Court to decide on assisted suicide [World right-to-die news list ]

Lord Phillips: new era as Law Lords face supreme challenge [Telegraph]

Christian Legal Centre calls for halt to assisted suicide rules amid questions about Lord Phillips' role [Telegraph]

USA: Christian leaders issue "Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience" [New York Times]

The Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience [Manhattan Declaration]

Los Angeles: Christian leaders' stance on civil disobedience is dangerous [Los Angeles Times]

Oklahoma: Civil Disobedience - Christian leaders to defy immoral laws [Tulsa Beacon]

USA: Council of Catholic Bishops Veto Millions of Advance Directives [EuthaNEWSia, Nov 19]

Quebec embarking on euthanasia debate [The Globe and Mail]

Quebec opens euthanasia debate [CBC News]

Canada: Euthanasia is about killing, not the "right to die with dignity" [examiner.com]

Colorado: Assisted suicide controversy surfaces [The Pueblo Chieftain]

Australia: What rights do cancer patients have? [Crikey.com.au]

UK: Bury Hospice: How seeds of an idea grew [Bury Times]

Colorado: Hospice of the Valley celebrates first year with Loving Tree [Snowmass Sun]

New Hampshire: Assisted suicide bill is without any merit [Nashua Telegraph]

Australia: Euthanasia could prevent suicides [The Sydney Morning Herald]

Britain: Rugby player paralysed in first match overcomes disability to become lawyer for top City firm [Daily Mail]

Assisted suicide - where will Canada draw the line? [OneNewsNow.com]

NY Man Charged With Murder In Alleged "Mercy" Kill [wcbstv.com]

Australia: Euthanasia group quizzed over death [The Canberra Times]

Winnipeg: Conscious, but helpless if plug had been pulled [Winnipeg Free Press]

Calgary Herald: Humans are never vegetables [The Calgary Herald]

Naomi Lakritz: Test these bioethicists for consciousness [The Calgary Herald, Canwest]

Locked-in syndrome: Unlocking the cruellest prison [Times Online]

Korea: Law Unnecessary for Treatment of Comatose [The Korea Times]

Saving the dying from futile care [The Sydney Morning Herald]

Scotland: Warning over assisted suicide law [The Press Association]

Quebec embarking on euthanasia debate [The Globe and Mail]

Quebec opens euthanasia debate [CBC News]

Canada: Euthanasia is about killing, not the "right to die with dignity" [examiner.com]

Colorado: Assisted suicide controversy surfaces [The Pueblo Chieftain]

Australia: What rights do cancer patients have? [Crikey.com.au]

UK: Bury Hospice: How seeds of an idea grew [Bury Times]

Colorado: Hospice of the Valley celebrates first year with Loving Tree [Snowmass Sun]

New Hampshire: Assisted suicide bill is without any merit [Nashua Telegraph]

Australia: Euthanasia could prevent suicides [The Sydney Morning Herald]

Britain: Rugby player paralysed in first match overcomes disability to become lawyer for top City firm [Daily Mail]

Assisted suicide - where will Canada draw the line? [OneNewsNow.com]

NY Man Charged With Murder In Alleged "Mercy" Kill [wcbstv.com]

Australia: Euthanasia group quizzed over death [The Canberra Times]

Winnipeg: Conscious, but helpless if plug had been pulled [Winnipeg Free Press]

Calgary Herald: Humans are never vegetables [The Calgary Herald]

Naomi Lakritz: Test these bioethicists for consciousness [The Calgary Herald, Canwest]

Locked-in syndrome: Unlocking the cruellest prison [Times Online]

Korea: Law Unnecessary for Treatment of Comatose [The Korea Times]

Saving the dying from futile care [The Sydney Morning Herald]

Former Dutch Health Minister Admits Error of Legalizing Euthanasia [LifeSiteNews.com]

Most dying patients in Holland prefer euthanasia to assisted suicide [Weblog of Derek Humphry]

Netherlands: 2001 Interview with Dutch health minister Els Borst [International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide]

Lessons From Hospice Care [New York Times]

Assemblee nationale [Le Blog de Jacqueline Jencquel]

Canada: Defining human dignity [The Montreal Gazette, Canwest]

USA: 60 Minutes Highlights Problem of Americans "Dying Badly" [Compassion & Choices]

Canada: MP says majority of Grits and Tories seem to be against bill [Times & Transcript]

Ottawa can't ignore euthanasia debate forever [EuthaNEWSia, Oct 19]

The Consultation page of the Crown Prosecution Service [cps.gov.uk]

Catholic Church web page on the DPP's guidelines [Catholic Church in England and Wales]

Assisted suicide proposals unacceptable in a civilised society — Roman Catholic bishops [Telegraph]

UK Catholics warn against "decriminalising" suicide [Reuters]

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France: ADMD (Association for the right to die with dignity — France) blog [ADMD]

USA: Catholic Bishops Vote to Reaffirm Food and Water for Coma, "Vegetative" Patients [LifeNews.com]

Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, Fourth Edition [United States Conference of Catholic Bishops]

Anti-Euthanasia Expert: Push is on Around the World to Legalise "a Broad Array of Private Killing" [LifeSiteNews.com]

South Australia: Embroiled in a lethal argument [The Australian]

The Newest Star of Human Liberty [Compassion & Choices Blog]

Britain: Dying GP urges new law on assisted suicide [Pulse]

New Jersey: HNH to open hospice on old Saddle River estate [NorthJersey.com]

Britain: Baby RB father drops right to life fight [Daily Mail]

Britain: Let's give elderly the legal right to die at home, says Health Secretary [Daily Mail]

Britain: Our great doctors will kill off the euthanasia lobby [Telegraph]

Tasmania: Terminal case of weakness [The Mercury]

Johnson: Friend's torturous death inspires fight for end-of-life rights [The Denver Post]

Next Debate on Canada Bill to Legalize Assisted Suicide Pushed to December [LifeNews.com]

Exit members threatened by raids: Nitschke [ABC News, The World Today, Australia]

Australian euthanasia laws still too murky: campaigners [ABC News, Australia]

Associated Press video report on San Francisco meeting [Associated Press]

South Australia: Embroiled in a lethal argument [The Australian]

The Newest Star of Human Liberty [Compassion & Choices Blog]

Britain: Dying GP urges new law on assisted suicide [Pulse]

New Jersey: HNH to open hospice on old Saddle River estate [NorthJersey.com]

Britain: Baby RB father drops right to life fight [Daily Mail]

Britain: Let's give elderly the legal right to die at home, says Health Secretary [Daily Mail]

Britain: Our great doctors will kill off the euthanasia lobby [Telegraph]

Tasmania: Terminal case of weakness [The Mercury]

Johnson: Friend's torturous death inspires fight for end-of-life rights [The Denver Post]

Next Debate on Canada Bill to Legalize Assisted Suicide Pushed to December [LifeNews.com]

Text of Bill 304 [State of New Hampshire]

Status page for Bill 304 [State of New Hampshire]

Assisted suicide bill on House agenda [The Keene Sentinel, New Hampshire]

New Hampshire: Questions remain on assisted suicide bill [EuthaNEWSia, Sep. 25]

Canada: Euthanasia would hurt doctors [Ottawa Citizen, Canwest]

MSPs "out of touch" over assisted suicide [Times Online]

British Choose Life poll: 49 per cent approve assisted suicide [EuthaNEWSia, Sep. 15 (The Scotsman)]

Doctor admits baby "may interact" [Herald de Paris]

Baby RB's father hoping for Lorenzo's Oil cure [Telegraph]

Right-to-die baby is "living on a knife edge," says doctor [Daily Mail]

Britain: Dorset mum of severely disabled boy defends right-to-die approach [Bournemouth Daily Echo]

Final Exit Network Alive and Kicking [The Riverfront Times, St. Louis, MO]

Change law on euthanasia: Quebec MDs [The Montreal Gazette, Canwest]

Canada: Disabled advocates want MPs to turn down assisted suicide bill [Calgary Herald, Canwest]

The great Canadian euthanasia debate [The Globe and Mail]

Panel to study euthanasia [The Sudbury Star]

Canada: How does Parliament legislate living and dying? [The Connection, Collingwood, Ontario]

Tasmania: Bartlett government failing north and north west in palliative care [Tasmanian Greens]

Britain: Daughter of couple who committed suicide calls for assisted dying debate [Times Online]

Britain: Suicide letter couple in fear [BBC News]

Fewer Chileans, But Still a Majority, Favour Euthanasia [Angus Reid Global Monitor]

Northern Ireland: Friend faces trial for murder bid [BBC News]

Again no cases of baby euthanasia in the Netherlands [Dutchnews.nl]

When the end is nigh, it's best to avoid hospital [The Age, AU]

Anaheim man gets 15 years to life for "mercy killing" [Orange County Register]

Advance Directives: Moving Beyond the Hysteria [The Women's International Perspective]

Israel: Members of the Knesset to submit assisted-suicide bill [EuthaNEWSia, Nov. 2]

Final Exit Network Alive and Kicking [The Riverfront Times, St. Louis, MO]

Change law on euthanasia: Quebec MDs [The Montreal Gazette, Canwest]

Canada: Disabled advocates want MPs to turn down assisted suicide bill [Calgary Herald, Canwest]

The great Canadian euthanasia debate [The Globe and Mail]

Panel to study euthanasia [The Sudbury Star]

Canada: How does Parliament legislate living and dying? [The Connection, Collingwood, Ontario]

Tasmania: Bartlett government failing north and north west in palliative care [Tasmanian Greens]

Britain: Daughter of couple who committed suicide calls for assisted dying debate [Times Online]

Britain: Suicide letter couple in fear [BBC News]

Fewer Chileans, But Still a Majority, Favour Euthanasia [Angus Reid Global Monitor]

Northern Ireland: Friend faces trial for murder bid [BBC News]

Again no cases of baby euthanasia in the Netherlands [Dutchnews.nl]

When the end is nigh, it's best to avoid hospital [The Age, AU]

Anaheim man gets 15 years to life for "mercy killing" [Orange County Register]

Advance Directives: Moving Beyond the Hysteria [The Women's International Perspective]

Deaths in Acute Hospitals: Caring to the End? (2009) [National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD)]

Full house for suicide workshop in Vancouver [CBC News]

Vancouver library bars Exit International workshop [EuthaNEWSia, Sep. 22]

Nitschke advocates wider euthanasia choice [EuthaNEWSia, Jul. 17]

Tasmania: Committee says Dying with Dignity Bill "flawed" [EuthaNEWSia, October 14]

Vow to push on with death bill [ABC News, AU]

Tasmania: Right-to-die bill rejected State MHAs vote down voluntary euthanasia [The Examiner, AU]

Voluntary euthanasia bill to be debated this Wednesday [The Greens, Tasmania]

Couple wrote to BBC to tell of suicide decision [Guardian]

William Stanton: I botched our suicide pact [Times Online]

Environics poll shows that Canadians want better end-of-life care - not euthanasia. [Euthanasia Prevention Coalition]

US and Canadian opponents of right to die laws swamp UK internet polls [Guardian]

Physicians, Appropriate Care and the Debate on Euthanasia [College des medecins du Quebec]

Quebec doctors open door to euthanasia [Toronto Star]

Quebec physicians tentatively propose legal euthanasia [EuthaNEWSia, July 17, 2009]

Quebec: End-of-Life Care : Getting Around the Impasse [College des medecins du Quebec]

The College des medecins du Quebec Reveals Its Reflections on End-of-Life Care [College des medecins du Quebec]

Canadian MP Steven Fletcher: Make life the first choice, but not the only choice [National Post, Canwest]

The plan to clamp down on Dignitas [EuthaNEWSia, Jul. 20]

"Death tourism" leads Swiss to consider ban on assisted suicide [Guardian]

Swiss crackdown on "suicide tourism" could spell end of Dignitas clinic [Times Online]

Regulating assisted suicide stirs debate in Switzerland [The Earth Times]

Expert slams plans to curb assisted suicide [Swissinfo.ch]

Swiss to tighten assisted suicide rules, consider ban [Thomson Reuters]

Euthanasia "Exit Pill" Developed [Voxy.co.nz]

Nitschke to promote illegal pill [ABC News]

Vancouver church hosts right-to-die doctor [Vancouver Citizen, Canwest]

Stacking the Deck For Euthanasia in Canadian "End of Life" Commission [Secondhand Smoke, Wesley J. Smith]

It's alive! End-of-life counseling in health bill [The Associated Press]

A man from Croxley Green with multiple sclerosis wants the law to change so he can die at home [Watford Observer]

BC letter: Spend just one day in his shoes [Comox Valley Record, BC]

Assisted Dying in Scotland [The Journal, Edinburgh]

Doctors who back assisted suicide 40 per cent more likely to withdraw treatment [Times Online]

Ten Inevitable Tragic Consequences of National Health Care [The Huffington Post]

Ending it … [The National Forum, AU]

Euthanasia bill put to South Australian house [EuthaNEWSia, Oct. 27]

Euthanasia "a matter of when, not if" in SA [news.com.au]

SA euthanasia bill passes second reading stage [The Australian]

Independent MP Ann Bressington key to South Australia euthanasia vote [Adelaide Now]

Rally support for voluntary euthanasia [ABC News, Australia]

Australian Christian Lobby says "overwhelming majority of Christians" oppose euthanasia [Christian Today, Australia]

Vocal majority should ensure legislation passes [Adelaide Now]

Euthanasia "Exit Pill" Developed [Voxy.co.nz]

Nitschke to promote illegal pill [ABC News]

Vancouver church hosts right-to-die doctor [Vancouver Citizen, Canwest]

Stacking the Deck For Euthanasia in Canadian "End of Life" Commission [Secondhand Smoke, Wesley J. Smith]

It's alive! End-of-life counseling in health bill [The Associated Press]

A man from Croxley Green with multiple sclerosis wants the law to change so he can die at home [Watford Observer]

BC letter: Spend just one day in his shoes [Comox Valley Record, BC]

Assisted Dying in Scotland [The Journal, Edinburgh]

Doctors who back assisted suicide 40 per cent more likely to withdraw treatment [Times Online]

Ten Inevitable Tragic Consequences of National Health Care [The Huffington Post]

Ending it … [The National Forum, AU]

Royal Society of Canada End-of-Life Decision-Making Panel [Udo Schuklenk's Ethx Blog]

PDF of the RSC press release [Royal Society of Canada]

Quebec doctor: Euthanasia never [The Gazette, Canwest]

South Australian Voluntary Euthanasia Society (SAVES) web site [South Australian Voluntary Euthanasia Society]

Australia: Hundreds die in pain as "zealots" block change [Adelaide Now]

Exit International confirms dates for Canadian and American workshops [Exit International]

Peer's 11th hour bid to legalise assisted suicide [The Christian Institute]

Nitschke banned from Canada library [Bundaberg News Mail, AU]

Let's Talk about the Right to Hospice Palliative Care Instead [Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association and the Alzheimer Society]

November 2 - World Right to Die in Dignity Day [The World Federation of Right to Die Societies]

Sen. Rockefeller Repeats Call for Advance Care Planning Legislation [The Official Compassion & Choices Blog]

Assisted suicide law "a matter of conscience" [Yahoo UK & Ireland]

Assisted suicide a step toward euthanasia in New Hampshire [The Telegraph, New Hampshire]

Assisted-suicide statute challenged by 2 Connecticut doctors [American Medical News]

The Bishop and the atheist: Assisted suicide debate [Bedford Today, UK]

A Myth Is as Good as a Mile: Why the assisted-suicide movement is winning [National Review]

Exit International confirms dates for Canadian and American workshops [Exit International]

Peer's 11th hour bid to legalise assisted suicide [The Christian Institute]

Nitschke banned from Canada library [Bundaberg News Mail, AU]

Let's Talk about the Right to Hospice Palliative Care Instead [Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association and the Alzheimer Society]

November 2 - World Right to Die in Dignity Day [The World Federation of Right to Die Societies]

Sen. Rockefeller Repeats Call for Advance Care Planning Legislation [The Official Compassion & Choices Blog]

Assisted suicide law "a matter of conscience" [Yahoo UK & Ireland]

Assisted suicide a step toward euthanasia in New Hampshire [The Telegraph, New Hampshire]

Assisted-suicide statute challenged by 2 Connecticut doctors [American Medical News]

The Bishop and the atheist: Assisted suicide debate [Bedford Today, UK]

Vancouver Public Library bans suicide discussion [BC Civil Liberties Association]

Vancouver library bars Exit International workshop [EuthaNEWSia, Sep. 22]

Should euthanasia be legal in Canada? [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio]

"My friend Ludo": A tribute to broadcasting titan Ludovic Kennedy, 89, whose tireless crusading killed off the hangman [Daily Mail]

Obituary: Sir Ludovic Kennedy [BBC News]

UN Human Rights Committee calls for changes in Dutch legislation [The World Federation of Right to Die Societies]

Dutch 2008 euthanasia Review Committee Report available in English [EuthaNEWSia, Oct. 7]

Quebec Specialists In Favour of Euthanasia [Digital Journal]

Pacino, other stars turn Pontiac into movie set [The Detroit News]

"Good Death" a powerful, tearful show [Western Herald, Michigan]

Dr. Kevorkian brings crowd to life with speech [EuthaNEWSia, Sep. 23]

Film "The Suicide Tourist" explores emotional world of assisted suicide [The Peninsula Gateway]

MPs clash over euthanasia legal advice [ABC News, AU]

Korea: Woman who won right to die in June has birthday [JoongAng Daily]

If ever there were proof of the folly of doctors playing God, it's this man's barbaric death [Daily Mail]

Nurse "addicted" to suicide chat rooms [Ottawa Citizen, Canwest]

World Church:

Widow feels it's time to go [Times Herald-Record, NY]

Daughter saves mother, 80, left by doctors to starve [Times Online]

Terminally ill grandmother

Vatican: City of love of Mangalore where the elderly defeat euthanasia [AsiaNews.it]

Doctors Deserve Assisted Suicide Answer [Hartford Courant]

Norfolk coroner speaks out over "right to die" case [Norwich Evening News, UK]

Televised assisted suicide reopens euthanasia debate [icenews.is, Iceland]

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: What kind of country have we become if doctors and lawyers allow a disturbed young woman to die? [Daily Mail]

Christian Today: Nitschke testimony to Tas euthanasia inquiry reveals breach of law [Christian Today, AU]

Georgia prosecutors accused of improperly avoiding Final Exit Network trial [EuthaNEWSia, July 15]

Georgia to return $330,000 to assisted suicide group [Ledger-Enquirer, Georgia]

Film "The Suicide Tourist" explores emotional world of assisted suicide [The Peninsula Gateway]

MPs clash over euthanasia legal advice [ABC News, AU]

Korea: Woman who won right to die in June has birthday [JoongAng Daily]

If ever there were proof of the folly of doctors playing God, it's this man's barbaric death [Daily Mail]

Nurse "addicted" to suicide chat rooms [Ottawa Citizen, Canwest]

World Church:

Widow feels it's time to go [Times Herald-Record, NY]

Daughter saves mother, 80, left by doctors to starve [Times Online]

Terminally ill grandmother

Vatican: City of love of Mangalore where the elderly defeat euthanasia [AsiaNews.it]

Doctors Deserve Assisted Suicide Answer [Hartford Courant]

Norfolk coroner speaks out over "right to die" case [Norwich Evening News, UK]

Televised assisted suicide reopens euthanasia debate [icenews.is, Iceland]

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: What kind of country have we become if doctors and lawyers allow a disturbed young woman to die? [Daily Mail]

Christian Today: Nitschke testimony to Tas euthanasia inquiry reveals breach of law [Christian Today, AU]

A refresher briefing on where right-to-die laws stand at present [World right-to-die news (nonprofit) right-to-die at lists.opn.org]

Functional Status of Elderly Adults before and after Initiation of Dialysis [The New England Journal of Medicine]

The Clinical Course of Advanced Dementia [The New England Journal of Medicine]

Majority of Quebec specialists favour euthanasia [The Globe and Mail]

Most Quebec MDs in favour of legalized euthanasia: survey [The Gazette, Canwest]

Quebec physicians tentatively propose legal euthanasia [EuthaNEWSia, July 17]

Quebecers Support Legalizing Euthanasia [EuthaNEWSia, Aug 17]

Tasmania: Joint Standing Committee on Community Development [Parliament of Tasmania]

Tasmanian government intends to send Greens' Bill to Committee [EuthaNEWSia, June 11]

PDF of 2008 Review Committee Report [World Federation of Right to Die Societies]

English page of the review committee [Regionale toetsingscommissies euthanasie]

Easing Suffering Became "Real Personal Issue" For Doctor [Hartford Courant]

We Should All Have The Right To Die As We Choose [Hartford Courant]

Doctors file "aid in dying" lawsuit [Connecticut Post]

Suit seeks to let dying pick time to end life [Republican-American, Connecticut]

Motion 388 receives its first hour of debate in Canadian House of Commons [Euthanasia Prevention Coalition]

New Hampshire: Assisted suicide bill a work in progress [The Telegraph, New Hampshire]

Elderly cannot rest in peace without humane new euthanasia laws [The Sydney Morning Herald]

DA dismisses mercy killing case after husband dies [San Jose Mercury News]

New Democratic Party MPs Martin and Comartin oppose Bill C-384 [Soonews.ca, Ontario]

New Democratic Party MP Angus will say "no" to Bill C-384 [Northern News, Canada]

Washington: How "Death with Dignity Act" is Working [KPLU, Seattle]

UK Living wills law could be

Where medical, spiritual worlds meet at life's end [Baltimore Sun]

Grandfather speaks out over mercy killing of Jacob Wragg [The Argus]

Leading geologist arrested after "suffocating wife during suicide pact" [Telegraph]

Murder or Mercy? In Laguna Woods, the issue is pressing [Orange County Register]

PDF of debate on Bill C-384 [Hansard, Parliament of Canada]

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (right to die with dignity) [Parliament of Canada]

Bill C-384 - The first hour of debate in parliament. [Euthanasia Prevention Coalition]

"Dr. Death" Nitschke Sells Euthanasia to China Before TV Show [Bloomberg LP]

Opinion: Dying with dignity is not yet an option [The Australian]

Overseas euthanasia figures are in decline [Times Online]

Physician-assisted suicide does not increase severity of depression, grief among family members [eurekalert.org]

Home Hospice an option for ailing wife [The Journal News, NY]

When Pain Is a Killer [University of Southern California News]

Christian Rossiter's lawyer John Hammond calls for heroin for dying [Perth Now, The Sunday Times]

Coniston man welcomes assisted suicide change [North-West Evening Mail]

Debbie Purdy and Jim Dobbin, Labour MP, call for debate on living wills [Daily Mail]

Whatever happened to the principle that doctors must always save lives? [Daily Mail]

Two doctors decry Canadian euthanasia bill [CBC News]

Terry Pratchett criticises assisted suicide guidelines [Guardian]

The Way We Die Now [New York Times]

Right to suicide [The Salt Lake Tribune]

"Assisted suicide" amounts to a licence to kill [The Jewish Chronicle, UK]

Suicide debate shows need for ME research [Belfast Telegraph]

Washington State Quickly Taking First Place in Promotion of Assisted Suicide [LifeNews.com]

Tory's Journey: A long goodbye [KING5.com]

"Dr. Death" Breaks Down Techniques for Suicide [ABC News, USA]

Legislation Could Expand Assisted Suicide to New Hampshire, Surrounding States [LifeNews.com]

Prosecutor wants public debate on assisted suicide policy [The Press, UK]

Dominic Lawson: Hold it, this isn't the all-clear to kill Granny [Times Online]

For pity's sake, keep the assisted suicide law unclear [Times Online]

Assisted suicide: the deadly divide [Times Online]

Archbishop urges Canadian MPs to back palliative care, not euthanasia [The Catholic Review]

Dominican Republic shields country from abortion and euthanasia [Catholic News Agency]

Dr Wilson reports her arrest and interview on a case of suicide in England [World right-to-die news (nonprofit) right-to-die at lists.opn.org]

Suicide arrest woman criticises euthanasia guidelines [GetSurrey.co.uk]

Overseas euthanasia figures are in decline [Times Online]

Physician-assisted suicide does not increase severity of depression, grief among family members [eurekalert.org]

Home Hospice an option for ailing wife [The Journal News, NY]

When Pain Is a Killer [University of Southern California News]

Christian Rossiter's lawyer John Hammond calls for heroin for dying [Perth Now, The Sunday Times]

Coniston man welcomes assisted suicide change [North-West Evening Mail]

Debbie Purdy and Jim Dobbin, Labour MP, call for debate on living wills [Daily Mail]

Whatever happened to the principle that doctors must always save lives? [Daily Mail]

Two doctors decry Canadian euthanasia bill [CBC News]

Terry Pratchett criticises assisted suicide guidelines [Guardian]

The Way We Die Now [New York Times]

Right to suicide [The Salt Lake Tribune]

"Assisted suicide" amounts to a licence to kill [The Jewish Chronicle, UK]

Suicide debate shows need for ME research [Belfast Telegraph]

Washington State Quickly Taking First Place in Promotion of Assisted Suicide [LifeNews.com]

Tory's Journey: A long goodbye [KING5.com]

"Dr. Death" Breaks Down Techniques for Suicide [ABC News, USA]

Legislation Could Expand Assisted Suicide to New Hampshire, Surrounding States [LifeNews.com]

Prosecutor wants public debate on assisted suicide policy [The Press, UK]

Dominic Lawson: Hold it, this isn't the all-clear to kill Granny [Times Online]

For pity's sake, keep the assisted suicide law unclear [Times Online]

Assisted suicide: the deadly divide [Times Online]

Archbishop urges Canadian MPs to back palliative care, not euthanasia [The Catholic Review]

Dominican Republic shields country from abortion and euthanasia [Catholic News Agency]

Suicidal woman allowed to die after taking overdose because doctors feared saving her life would have been "assault" [Daily Mail]

Pro-Life group calls for law change [Press Association]

The Living Will That Sealed Woman's Suicide [Sky News]

The new suicide culture that left young Kerrie Wooltorton to die [Telegraph]

House of Commons debates internet counselling of suicide [570news.com]

"I miss my Jenny dearly" [ThisIsCornwall.co.uk]

Man took wife to Swiss suicide clinic [ThisIsPlymouth.co.uk]

The May story: Kept From a Dying Partner's Bedside [New York Times]

Montana Medical Association and doc-assisted suicide [modernhealthcare.com (registration required)]

Montana Supreme Court to Rule on Assisted Suicide Case [EuthaNEWSia, Sept. 2nd]

New York: Husband Shoots, Kills Wife In Apparent "Mercy Killing" [WPIX-TV]

California: Elderly couple in alleged mercy killing had bond [The Fresno Bee]

New Zealand: Suicide pact accused dead [The Dominion Post]

Calgary newspaper editor: Latimer unforgivable [S.E. Calgary News]

Doctor, 83, condemns right-to-die arrest as "appalling waste" [Telegraph]

Former GP, 83, arrested by police in right-to-die case after MS sufferer dies at home [Daily Mail]

Right-to-die campaigner arrested over suicide [The Independent]

British MS treatment pioneer takes her own life [EuthaNEWSia, June 23rd]

Libby Wilson: Dying with dignity is not always an option [EuthaNEWSia, July 15th]

Text of Bill 304 [State of New Hampshire]

Status page for Bill 304 [State of New Hampshire]

Assisted suicide bill on House agenda [The Keene Sentinel, New Hampshire]

Bill C-384 reaches second reading [vancouver.24hrs.ca]

Library revisiting ban on right-to-die group [metronews.ca vancouver]

Euthanasia activist faces legal wrangle [Gladstone Observer, Australia]

Links to news about the DPP's advice on the prosecution of assisted suicide, courtesy of Michael Irwin [Michael Irwin]

Commentary: Prosecution Guidelines in the UK May Open the Door to Assisted Suicide [LifeSiteNews.com]

Edward Turner: We held her hands as she slipped away [The Independent]

Assisted suicide: key safeguard has been undermined [Times Online]

Assisted suicide: previous cases [Telegraph]

Lord Advocate says assisted suicide law is a matter for Scottish Parliament [Times Online]

Pratchett enters right to die debate [inthenews.co.uk]

The dying are not so easily categorized [Times Online]

The pro-death lobby [The Ottawa Citizen, Canwest]

Suicide advice websites face prosecution [Telegraph]

Asia's attitude to assisted suicide [BBC News]

Assisted suicide: Debate around the world [BBC News]

Canadian Barbara Kay: Memo to my children [National Post, Canwest]

Columnist on Vancouver: Booking space to help people check out not a right [The Calgary Herald, Canwest]

Michigan Column - Exiting life on our own terms [The Holland Sentinel, Michigan]

UK MS Society Statement - Assisted Suicide Guidance [SYS-CON Media]

Tory leader: Assisted dying is a danger to our society [Daily Mail]

PD James: Why I would help someone die; but law on assisted suicide should not change [Daily Mail]

Christian Legal Centre says suicide rules "will lead to Swiss clinics" [The Independent]

Christian Legal Centre calls for halt to assisted suicide rules amid questions about Lord Phillips' role [Telegraph]

A dance of death [Windsor Star, Canwest]

Woman still breathing after life support cut: hospital [AsiaOne News, Singapore]

Australian Doctors "stopping euthanasia reform" [ABC News, Australia]

DPP Keir Starmer: "I wouldn't characterise myself as a bleeding heart liberal . . ." [Guardian]

Kevorkian: Assisted suicide was "my duty" [The Morning Call, Pennsylvania]

Swiss turn against "suicide tourism" as UK law softens [The Independent]

Swiss consider banning Dignitas and assisted suicide just as Britain considers relaxing its own laws [Daily Mail]

Advocate to speak about the dangers of euthanasia [Scoop.co.nz]

Australian MPs lobbied against euthanasia [The West Australian]

DPP to set out assisted suicide law [Telegraph]

Italian court ruling revives polemics [ANSA.it]

Campaigners win the fight to legalise assisted suicide [Times Online]

Robert Latimer gets OK from parole board for extended leave from halfway house [The Chief, Squamish, British Columbia]

Canada: Latimer denied lighter day parole [EuthaNEWSia, Aug. 14]

Bill C-384 reaches second reading [vancouver.24hrs.ca]

Library revisiting ban on right-to-die group [metronews.ca vancouver]

Euthanasia activist faces legal wrangle [Gladstone Observer, Australia]

Links to news about the DPP's advice on the prosecution of assisted suicide, courtesy of Michael Irwin [Michael Irwin]

Commentary: Prosecution Guidelines in the UK May Open the Door to Assisted Suicide [LifeSiteNews.com]

Edward Turner: We held her hands as she slipped away [The Independent]

Assisted suicide: key safeguard has been undermined [Times Online]

Assisted suicide: previous cases [Telegraph]

Lord Advocate says assisted suicide law is a matter for Scottish Parliament [Times Online]

Pratchett enters right to die debate [inthenews.co.uk]

The dying are not so easily categorised [Times Online]

The pro-death lobby [The Ottawa Citizen, Canwest]

Suicide advice websites face prosecution [Telegraph]

Asia's attitude to assisted suicide [BBC News]

Assisted suicide: Debate around the world [BBC News]

Canadian Barbara Kay: Memo to my children [National Post, Canwest]

Columnist on Vancouver: Booking space to help people check out not a right [The Calgary Herald, Canwest]

Michigan Column - Exiting life on our own terms [The Holland Sentinel, Michigan]

UK MS Society Statement - Assisted Suicide Guidance [SYS-CON Media]

Tory leader: Assisted dying is a danger to our society [Daily Mail]

PD James: Why I would help someone die; but law on assisted suicide should not change [Daily Mail]

Christian Legal Centre says suicide rules "will lead to Swiss clinics" [The Independent]

Christian Legal Centre calls for halt to assisted suicide rules amid questions about Lord Phillips' role [Telegraph]

A dance of death [Windsor Star, Canwest]

Woman still breathing after life support cut: hospital [AsiaOne News, Singapore]

Australian Doctors "stopping euthanasia reform" [ABC News, Australia]

DPP Keir Starmer: "I wouldn't characterise myself as a bleeding heart liberal . . ." [Guardian]

Kevorkian: Assisted suicide was "my duty" [The Morning Call, Pennsylvania]

Swiss turn against "suicide tourism" as UK law softens [The Independent]

Swiss consider banning Dignitas and assisted suicide just as Britain considers relaxing its own laws [Daily Mail]

Advocate to speak about the dangers of euthanasia [Scoop.co.nz]

Australian MPs lobbied against euthanasia [The West Australian]

DPP to set out assisted suicide law [Telegraph]

Italian court ruling revives polemics [ANSA.it]

Campaigners win the fight to legalise assisted suicide [Times Online]

What Dr Jack Kevorkian thinks nowadays — special report [World right-to-die news (nonprofit) right-to-die at lists.opn.org'.]

Dr. Jack Kevorkian urges civil disobedience in speech at Kutztown University [Reading Eagle, Pennsylvania]

Scottish Parliament will debate assisted suicide bill [EuthaNEWSia, April 24]

BBC Q&A: Assisted suicide [BBC News]

Parents who help seriously ill children to die are more likely to be prosecuted under new assisted suicide guidelines [Daily Mail]

Australian court rules Rossiter has right to direct his own treatment [EuthaNEWSia, Aug. 14th]

Rossiter won right to die, but infection might beat him to it [The Age]

Lawyer John Hammond denied chance to see Christian Rossiter [Perth Now]

Library bars suicide group: Fears liability for potential deaths [MetroNews.ca, Vancouver]

Vancouver library bans suicide how-to workshop [The Gazette, Montreal, Canwest]

The farewell of an assisted suicide [Times Online]

Doctor vows to test new assisted suicide rules [London Evening Standard]

Assisted suicide investigations will focus on who stood to benefit [Times Online]

Greying Britain looks to assisted suicide reform [Reuters]

New British palliative care system alleged to cause patient deaths [EuthaNEWSia, Sep. 3rd, from the Telegraph]

Families "kept in the dark" as doctors make life-or-death decisions [Times Online]

Government Medicine vs. the Elderly [Wall Street Journal, Opinion]

Multiple Sclerosis sufferer Debbie Purdy: "My suicide fight" [Huddersfield Examiner]

Euthanasia bill will be defeated [Western Catholic Reporter]

"Dr. Death" Nitschke Sells Euthanasia to China Before TV Show [Bloomberg LP]

New book: "The Maintenance of Life" [World right-to-die news list (nonprofit) right-to-die at lists.opn.org]

Most favor physician-assisted suicide [Helena Independent Record, Montana]

PDF of Quebec doctors "No to euthanasia" brief [Quebec Life Coalition]

Quebec physicians tentatively propose legal euthanasia [EuthaNEWSia, July 17th]

Dr. Jack Kevorkian speaks at Kutztown University [Berksmont News, Pennsylvania]

Surrey Opinion: Euthanasia bill — a licence to kill? [Surrey North Delta Leader]

Canwest Opinion: Proposed euthanasia bill raises right to live issue [Canada.com, Canwest]

Report on Bioethics: Advance Care Directives (September 2009) [The Law Reform Commission, Ireland]

Residency condition in euthanasia Bill [The West Australian]

Lord Falconer suggests Archbishop of Canterbury's stance on assisted suicide lacks Christian compassion [Telegraph]

British Cardinal: "Don't kill your granny" [The Catholic Herald]

Judge's assisted suicide sympathy [BBC News]

Editorial: It's time for California Legislature to act on assisted suicide [San Jose Mercury News]

TRACEY SPICER: Right to die with dignity [Geelong Advertiser, Australia]

Judith Coats — vital "backroom fighter"" for our movement dies [World right-to-die news (nonprofit) right-to-die at lists.opn.org]

Hove doctor arrested over friend's suicide "helped 50 others to die" [The Argus]

A More Perfect Death [New York Times]

Editorial: In our view, Sept. 10: Private Choice [The Columbian]

Suicide pact charge for cancer sufferer [stuff.co.nz]

Families, nation wrestle with end-of-life care [Detroit Free Press]

Lord Falconer suggests Archbishop of Canterbury's stance on assisted suicide lacks Christian compassion [Telegraph]

British Cardinal: "Don't kill your granny" [The Catholic Herald]

Judge's assisted suicide sympathy [BBC News]

Editorial: It's time for California Legislature to act on assisted suicide [San Jose Mercury News]

TRACEY SPICER: Right to die with dignity [Geelong Advertiser, Australia]

Judith Coats — vital "backroom fighter"" for our movement dies [World right-to-die news (nonprofit) right-to-die at lists.opn.org]

Hove doctor arrested over friend's suicide "helped 50 others to die" [The Argus]

A More Perfect Death [New York Times]

Editorial: In our view, Sept. 10: Private Choice [The Columbian]

Suicide pact charge for cancer sufferer [stuff.co.nz]

Assisted suicide rate continues to climb in region of Belgium [The Oregonian]

Medical End-of-Life Practices under the Euthanasia Law in Belgium [The New England Journal of Medicine]

The Netherlands: Growth In Reporting Euthanasia And Assisted Suicide [World right-to-die news (nonprofit) right-to-die at lists.opn.org]

The Texas Advance Directives Act [Government of the State of Texas]

The Texas Advance Directives Act [Wikipedia]

Center for Health Statistics, Death with Dignity Act, Department of Health, Government of the State of Washington [State of Washington]

Patient rules under WA "death with dignity" law [Associated Press]

Initiative 1000 update: 28 got prescriptions for lethal drugs; 16 died [The Seattle Times]

Europe: Dutch group NVVE improves its web site [World right-to-die news (nonprofit) right-to-die at lists.opn.org]

Long road ahead for Canadian Right to Die [EuthaNEWSia, July 13]

Taking away a choice [Windsor Star]

Right to reject medical care upheld - Updated [Voluntary Euthanasia Society of New South Wales Inc]

Euthanasia not as Thomas described [Charlottesville Daily Progress]

Oregon's leadership in end-of-life care offers lessons for the rest of the country [The Oregonian]

Right-to-die plaintiff proud of his involvement, family members say [Billings Gazette, Montana]

Euthanasia doctor will give talk in Brighton tonight [The Argus]

Mexican State of Michoacan Approves Living Wills that Exclude Euthanasia [LifeSiteNews.com]

A new approach to inevitable end of life [The News Journal, Delaware]

Coping With End-of-Life Decisions [Pew Research Center]

PDF of complete Angus-Reid poll [Angus Reid]

Euthanasia not as Thomas described [Charlottesville Daily Progress]

Oregon's leadership in end-of-life care offers lessons for the rest of the country [The Oregonian]

Right-to-die plaintiff proud of his involvement, family members say [Billings Gazette, Montana]

Euthanasia doctor will give talk in Brighton tonight [The Argus]

Mexican State of Michoacan Approves Living Wills that Exclude Euthanasia [LifeSiteNews.com]

A new approach to inevitable end of life [The News Journal, Delaware]

Coping With End-of-Life Decisions [Pew Research Center]

Sentenced to death on the NHS [Telegraph]

Court to hear arguments on assisted suicide [Great Falls Tribune, Montana]

Montana weighs assisted suicide ruling [BBC News]

Families of Dying Say Assisted Suicide Is Right [ABC News, U.S.A.]

Constitutional Rights Outlined for Montanans [New York Times]

Death with dignity: The final chapter [Independent Record, Montana]

MT top court looking at assisted suicide case [WorldNow, Montana's News Station]

Proposed euthanasia bill could put doctors in a tight spot [Holy Post, National Post]

Doctors label euthanasia bill

Tasmania: Joint Standing Committee on Community Development [Parliament of Tasmania]

Tasmanian Dying With Dignity Bill sent to committee [EuthaNEWSia, June 22nd]

Nitschke urges ACT guardianship law change [EuthaNEWSia, August 26th]

Assisted suicide could be excuse to kill burdensome elderly, says police chief [The Telegraph]

Sentencing in Houma assisted-suicide case set for Friday morning [WWL 870 AM, New Orleans, Louisiana]

Oregon's "death with dignity" law enters healthcare debate [The Christian Science Monitor]

We do not torture the terminally ill. End-of-life care offers choices [Guardian]

When Words Kill: A Health Care Glossary [Religion Dispatches]

Majority Of Americans Believe "Myths" About Health Care Reform, National Survey Finds [Science Daily]

Collins: How to die when you're ready [Aurora Sentinel, Colorado]

Assisted suicide is not death with dignity [Telegraph Journal, New Brunswick, Canada]

Fighting euthanasia nationwide [OneNewsNow.com]

Canadian bishops urge opposition to radical assisted suicide bill [Catholic News Agency]

Pro-Life News: Obama, Health Care, Abortion, Florida, Vermont, Terri Schiavo [LifeNews.com]

Tolerance of both abortion and euthanasia has been rising in Czech society. [EuthaNEWSia, June 1st]

Czech party redrafts bill which would legalize assisted suicide [EuthaNEWSia, April 23]

Pain and Palliative Care [Health Beat]

A Very Open Letter from an Oncologist [Health Beat]

Finding the Waste in Our Health Care System [Health Beat]

There are more humane ways to die than starving [Brisbane Times]

Time to talk of dying [Northern Territory News]

Life-ending treatment not available in spite of court ruling [EuthaNEWSia, April 7th]

Tasmania: Joint Standing Committee on Community Development [Parliament of Tasmania]

PDF transcripts of testimony before the committee are available here. The August 10th testimony is available today.

Tasmanian Dying With Dignity Bill sent to committee [EuthaNEWSia, June 22nd]

At the End, Offering Not a Cure but Comfort [New York Times]

Euthanasia drug kit to be shown in Darwin [ABC News]

End-of-Life Issues Need to Be Addressed [The New York Times]

Do I have the right to die? [The Big Issue in Scotland]

Assisted death to be shown on TV [The Canberra Times]

City split down middle - on right-to-die debate [The Standard, Hong Kong]

Clinicians Need Clarification On Assisted Suicide Says Leading Doctors' Body [Medical News Today]

Quadriplegic wants to die in Switzerland [ABC News]

Dying with dignity [Northern Territory News]

Euthanasia won't be legalised : AMA [Brisbane Times]

Swiss suicide clinic offers way out for WA death wish man [The West Australian]

Oregon's assisted suicide law blamed on poor care [The Christian Institute]

Pro-Life News: No Public Option? Euthanasia, Kansas, Quebec, Pitino, Abstinence, Obama [LifeNews.com]

Senate Backs Away From End-of-Life Provision [National Catholic Register]

Wisconsin Medical Society Rejects OKing Assisted Suicide, Pro-Life Group Elated [LifeNews.com]

Text of Bill 304 [State of New Hampshire]

Status page for Bill 304 [State of New Hampshire]

At the End, Offering Not a Cure but Comfort [New York Times]

Euthanasia drug kit to be shown in Darwin [ABC News]

End-of-Life Issues Need to Be Addressed [The New York Times]

Do I have the right to die? [The Big Issue in Scotland]

Assisted death to be shown on TV [The Canberra Times]

City split down middle - on right-to-die debate [The Standard, Hong Kong]

Clinicians Need Clarification On Assisted Suicide Says Leading Doctors' Body [Medical News Today]

Quadriplegic wants to die in Switzerland [ABC News]

Dying with dignity [Northern Territory News]

Euthanasia won't be legalised : AMA [Brisbane Times]

Swiss suicide clinic offers way out for WA death wish man [The West Australian]

Oregon's assisted suicide law blamed on poor care [The Christian Institute]

Pro-Life News: No Public Option? Euthanasia, Kansas, Quebec, Pitino, Abstinence, Obama [LifeNews.com]

Senate Backs Away From End-of-Life Provision [National Catholic Register]

Wisconsin Medical Society Rejects OKing Assisted Suicide, Pro-Life Group Elated [LifeNews.com]

Study finds end-of-life counseling improves mood [Associated Press]

Preparing for the Final Hours, Living Wills [Wall Street Journal (subscription required)]

Living with a terminal illness [Times Online]

PDF of complete Angus-Reid poll [Angus-Reid]

Most Quebecers support right to die [The Gazette, Canwest]

Euthanasia is already being practised, doctor says [The Gazette, Canwest]

Quebec physicians tentatively propose legal euthanasia [EuthaNEWSia, July 17]

Robert Latimer's parole conditions improved [EuthaNEWSia, June 15th]

Parents seek mercy killing of four sons [Thaindian News]

80pc back voluntary euthanasia: Westpoll [The West Australian]

I will refuse life-prolonging treatment, says Dame Joan Bakewell [Telegraph]

Death with dignity can take away choice [Ottawa Citizen, Canwest]

Portland Cong. Earl Blumenauer stunned by reaction to his end-of-life-counseling provision [Crosscut.com, Seattle]

False Death Panel Rumor Has Some Familiar Roots [New York Times]

Euthanasia Is Taking Health Care Debate Too Far [ABC News]

House Health Care Bill Gives Doctors Financial Incentive to Push Euthanasia [LifeNews.com]

No death panel in health care bill [Associated Press]

Palin Paints Picture of Obama Death Panel Giving Thumbs Down to Trig [ABC News, U.S.A.]

Australian Court to rule on Rossiter request to stop eating and drinking [EuthaNEWSia, Aug. 7th]

Australian quadriplegic man granted right to die [Associated Press]

Perth quadriplegic wins landmark right to die [ABC News]

Quadriplegic wins right to starve [The Age]

Allow quadriplegic's peaceful death: Nitschke [ABC News, Australia]

Parents seek mercy killing of four sons [Thaindian News]

80pc back voluntary euthanasia: Westpoll [The West Australian]

I will refuse life-prolonging treatment, says Dame Joan Bakewell [Telegraph]

Death with dignity can take away choice [Ottawa Citizen, Canwest]

Portland Cong. Earl Blumenauer stunned by reaction to his end-of-life-counseling provision [Crosscut.com, Seattle]

False Death Panel Rumor Has Some Familiar Roots [New York Times]

Euthanasia Is Taking Health Care Debate Too Far [ABC News]

House Health Care Bill Gives Doctors Financial Incentive to Push Euthanasia [LifeNews.com]

No death panel in health care bill [Associated Press]

Palin Paints Picture of Obama Death Panel Giving Thumbs Down to Trig [ABC News, U.S.A.]

Church must end this silence on euthanasia [Daily Mail]

Death With Dignity law irrelevant to most dying Oregonians [OregonLive.com]

Study Finds Blacks Never Use, Minorities Rarely Use Oregon Assisted Suicide Law [LifeNews.com]

Assisted suicide law will apply to deaths in Britain and abroad [EuthaNEWSia, Aug. 4]

Background: EuthaNEWSia search results for "Michael Irwin" [EuthaNEWSia Search, www.euthanewsia.ca/search.html]

Time to put an end to this state-approved torture [UTV News]

Woman wins fight for assisted suicide clarification [The Australian]

Assisted suicide: Woman tells of her brother's final journey [The Daily Mirror]

Charlie Courtauld: As an MS sufferer, this verdict makes my life a little more bearable [The Independent]

Amy Jenkins: Let me decide when it's the time to go [The Independent]

Purdy:

Licence to kill [Ottawa Citizen, Canwest]

Gerald Warner: Purdy verdict boosts our creeping culture of death [Scotland on Sunday]

Euthanasia debate healthy [Winnipeg Sun]

Tough options for right-to-die man: Nitschke [The West Australian]

WA Court could rule on Christian Rossiter right to die case [Perth Now, The Sunday Times]

Australian court hears landmark right-to-die case [AFP]

Quadriplegic man pleads to end his life [The Age]

Here's why Christian Rossiter wants to die [The West Australian]

Time to put an end to this state-approved torture [UTV News]

Woman wins fight for assisted suicide clarification [The Australian]

Assisted suicide: Woman tells of her brother's final journey [The Daily Mirror]

Charlie Courtauld: As an MS sufferer, this verdict makes my life a little more bearable [The Independent]

Amy Jenkins: Let me decide when it's the time to go [The Independent]

Purdy:

Licence to kill [Ottawa Citizen, Canwest]

Gerald Warner: Purdy verdict boosts our creeping culture of death [Scotland on Sunday]

Euthanasia debate healthy [Winnipeg Sun]

Government may allow Commons time to hear assisted dying bill [Guardian]

British woman with MS wins landmark assisted suicide case [EuthaNEWSia, July 30]

No jail time in Lodi assisted suicide case [RecordNet.com]

California woman faces lesser charges in brother's suicide [EuthaNEWSia, June 8]

Michael Irwin arrested over 2007 Swiss assisted suicide [GetSurrey]

Doctor held for assisting suicide [Gulf Times, London Evening Standard]

Irwin: Purdy court ruling could make assisted suicide more difficult [The Independent]

Euthanasia and other end of life decisions and care provided in final three months of life: nationwide retrospective study in Belgium [BMJ, British Medical Journal]

End of life decisions and quality of care before death [BMJ editorial, British Medical Journal]

Exploring the nursing implications of physician-assisted suicide in the UK [NursingTimes.net]

Should the law make it easier for us to help the terminally ill die? [Mail Online]

Reaction to right-to-die ruling [BBC News]

Q&A: Assisted suicide ruling [BBC News]

Assisted suicide law is barking and should be changed, says ex-minister [London Evening Standard]

PDF of the Law Lords Judgement: Debbie Purdy [UK Parliament]

Christians protest against new right to die [Times Online]

Ex-GP wants to be arrested over Swiss assisted death [GetSurrey, getsurrey.co.uk]

He's helped EIGHT people die and today will be grilled by police. Is Dr Death worried? No, he's elated [Mail Online]

No regrets over euthanasia aid [BBC News]

Scotland to consider legalising assisted suicide [Guardian]

MacDonald more hopeful than ever for right-to-die bill [The Herald]

Children quizzed over conductor's clinic suicide [Wales Online]

Daughter of novelist who took four days to die says assisted suicide law must change [Mail Online]

Doctors warn Tasmanian death bill too strict [ABC News, Australia]

Euthanasia advocate visits Dunedin [Otago Daily Times]

Dr Death shares his exit plans [The Nelson Mail]

Exit meetings on, protests too [stuff.co.nz]

More Reasons to Keep Euthanasia Illegal [Christian Today]

[Letters] Euthanasia is justified [JoonAng Daily]

New name given to right to die cases [The Korea Herald]

Here's why Christian Rossiter wants to die [The West Australian]

Bishops encourage Catholics to engage in battle against euthanasia [The Catholic Register]

British couple's decision to die together sets dangerous precedent: critics. [Calgary Herald, Canwest]

We can always relieve pain [Ottawa Citizen, Canwest]

Doctors should kill the pain, not the patient [The Gazette, Canwest]

Legalized euthanasia empowers no one [National Post, Canwest]

O'Loan urges debate on terminal illness [Irish Times]

Husband talked about assisted suicide with wife when she was dying [Times Online]

Step by step, we're sleepwalking into barbarism as we blur the boundaries on assisted suicide [MailOnline]

Assisted suicide charges likely over Auckland woman's death [stuff.co.nz]

Debbie Purdy wins "significant legal victory" on assisted suicide [Guardian]

A victory for human rights [Guardian]

Dr Irwin's open letter to Hackney police [London Evening Standard]

Doctor seeks to become "martyr" for assisted suicide relatives [Telegraph]

GP: "Arrest Me For Assisting Brit's Suicide" [Sky News]

Lawmakers Confirm House Health Care Bill Promotes Euthanasia Among Elderly [LifeNews]

Will proposal promote euthanasia? [Politico]

Huge public support for change in law to allow the right to die [Times Online]

Do not discuss assisted suicide with patients doctors told [Telegraph]

Christian nurses speak against assisted suicide [Guardian]

Nurses shift on assisted suicide [BBC News]

Nurses told to remind patients assisted suicide is illegal [EuthaNEWSia, May 15]

Dying Together [Time Magazine]

Call to shut down Nitschke meetings [The Dominion Post]

"No dignity at Dignitas", reveals former worker [The Christian Institute]

Dangers of Dignitas and the law [Times Online, letters]

Carwyn Jones in favour of assisted suicide [Wales News]

"Right to die" teenager Hannah Jones changes her mind [Times Online]

"My father-in-law died at Dignitas without telling us" [Telegraph]

A bad, painful way to go [Times Online]

To die with dignity in South Korea [EuthaNEWSia, June 29]

Korea: Comatose Grandma Allowed to Die [EuthaNEWSia, May 21]

Korea: Legalize Passive Euthanasia [EuthaNEWSia, May 20]

Dying Together [Time Magazine]

Call to shut down Nitschke meetings [The Dominion Post]

"No dignity at Dignitas", reveals former worker [The Christian Institute]

Dangers of Dignitas and the law [Times Online, letters]

Carwyn Jones in favour of assisted suicide [Wales News]

"Right to die" teenager Hannah Jones changes her mind [Times Online]

"My father-in-law died at Dignitas without telling us" [Telegraph]

A bad, painful way to go [Times Online]

Mayfield: Life and death decisions should be our own [Summit Daily News]

Kunin: Death with dignity [Vermont Public Radio]

Nitschke held over drug kits in NZ [ABC News]

Euthanasia Meeting Cancelled By NZ Church [voxy.co.nz]

Euthanasia activist wants NZ website blacklist released [3news.co.nz]

They can arrest me if they want but the law has to be changed [EuthaNEWSia, June 16]

I was arrested after watching partner's suicide [Sunday Express]

Police reprieve for man who saw partner die [London Evening Standard]

Dying for a bit of dignity [Sunday Express]

Swiss group Exit Agrees Rules for Assisted Suicide in Zurich [EuthaNEWSia, July 13]

Nitschke to visit NZ with euthanasia kit [Brisbane Times]

Tough options for right-to-die man: Nitschke [The West Australian]

Arguments contain calls for mercy, fear of abuse [Bozeman Daily Chronicle]

Killing of Eva Griffith an alleged mercy act, David Mathers charged [The Daily Telegraph, Australia]

Dead woman was euthanasia supporter [news.com.au]

Impressed by Final Exit [Green Valley News and Sun]

Quebec keeps open mind on euthanasia [The Globe and Mail]

Arguments contain calls for mercy, fear of abuse [Bozeman Daily Chronicle]

Killing of Eva Griffith an alleged mercy act, David Mathers charged [The Daily Telegraph, Australia]

Dead woman was euthanasia supporter [news.com.au]

Impressed by Final Exit [Green Valley News and Sun]

An appeal from Derek Humphry [EuthaNEWSia, June 15]

A story of the Final Exit Network from Arizona [EuthaNEWSia, July 6]

Switzerland offers legal assisted suicide [Associated Press]

Assisted suicide group signs deal with Swiss authorities [TopNews]

Agreement to regulate assisted suicide [Swissinfo.ch]

Swiss Cabinet divided over assisted suicide [EuthaNEWSia, June 18]

Margaret Somerville's "Legalization: Death loses its moral context" [EuthaNEWSia, May 15]

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (right to die with dignity) [Parliament of Canada]

New Zealand Book: Before we say goodbye [EuthaNEWSia, June 24]

The Washington Death with Dignity Act: History and Implementation [Washington State Bar Association]

The indignity of I-1000: Backers' claims misleading [The Seattle Times]

Lords reject assisted dying law [BBC News]

Washington man plans his dignified death [EuthaNEWSia, May 27]

5 people die under new Washington physician-assisted suicide law [American Medical News]

House of Lords to vote on right to die issue [Guardian]

Doctors want nothing to do with assisted suicide [The Telegraph]

Anthony Lester: End the legal uncertainty over assisted suicide [The Independent]

Dominic Lawson: Death, dignity and the darker side of family dynamics [The Independent]

Robert Cordover's death highlights need for voluntary euthanasia laws [Tasmanian Greens]

Tasmanian man fights for right to die [EuthaNEWSia, June 2]

Tasmanian Dying With Dignity Bill sent to committee [EuthaNEWSia, June 22]

Final Exit Network responds to the Phoenix indictments [EuthaNEWSia, May 19]

Controversial doctor shows the way out [Coffs Coast Advocate]

His choice to live or die [Lismore Northern Star]

Dispute continues over right to die [The Korea Herald]

Death With Dignity Family to File 2nd Lawsuit [The Korea Times]

Patient still breathing after respirator removed renews controversy [Yonhap News Agency]

Set Clear Guidelines [The Korea Times]

Grandma Removed From Life Support Under Ruling [The Korea Times]

Yonsei patient is first to die with dignity [The Korea Herald]

Why we should make euthanasia legal by Dr Kailash Chand [Guardian]

EuthaNEWSia, June 3: Dr Kailash Chand: Make assisted suicide legal

Terry Pratchett, fantasy writer with Alzheimer's, supports suicide bill [BBC News]

Dispute continues over right to die [The Korea Herald]

Death With Dignity Family to File 2nd Lawsuit [The Korea Times]

Patient still breathing after respirator removed renews controversy [Yonhap News Agency]

Set Clear Guidelines [The Korea Times]

Grandma Removed From Life Support Under Ruling [The Korea Times]

Yonsei patient is first to die with dignity [The Korea Herald]

Moved by mother's painful and undignified death [Brisbane Times]

Please just let me die: quadriplegic [The West Australian, courtesy of Exit News & Forum]

EuthaNEWSia, June 23: The death of Cari Loder

The letter: The terminally ill need care and protection - not help in committing suicide [Telegraph]

Senior legal figures join in opposition to euthanasia law proposals [Telegraph]

Woman in death case lives after respirator removed [JoonAng Daily, Korea]

Assisted suicide group finds new home [World Radio Switzerland]

New Swiss law may restrict euthanasia [Brisbane Times]

Swiss suicide group warns against law change [OregonLive.com]

A gentle death [Columbia Daily Tribune]

North Wales woman's assisted suicide plea [Daily Post North Wales]

Fife woman makes her case for assisted suicide [STV, Scotland]

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (right to die with dignity) [Parliament of Canada]

Euthanasia Prevention Coalition: Analysis of Bill C-384 [Euthanasia Prevention Coalition]

Euthanasia Prevention Coalition: sample letters to MPs [Euthanasia Prevention Coalition]

Assisted suicide group finds new home [World Radio Switzerland]

New Swiss law may restrict euthanasia [Brisbane Times]

Swiss suicide group warns against law change [OregonLive.com]

A gentle death [Columbia Daily Tribune]

North Wales woman's assisted suicide plea [Daily Post North Wales]

Fife woman makes her case for assisted suicide [STV, Scotland]

Peggy's dead certain on euthanasia debate [Tweed Daily News]

Dr Death advocates right to die [Lismore Northern Star]

Euthanasia advocate to visit Coast [Sunshine Coast Daily Online]

Christians cop a visit [Tweed Daily News]

EuthaNEWSia, June 8:

Going her own way [Otago Daily Times]

Euthanasia at the centre of book and panel discussion [scoop.co.nz]

Why assisted suicide has no place in the UK [Guardian]

MS sufferer who pioneered specialist treatment commits suicide [Telegraph]

Disease pioneer's helium suicide [Times Online]

Neighbour arrested after suicide of MS sufferer who pioneered treatment [MailOnline, Daily Mail]

PDF of the Dying With Dignity Bill from the Parliament of Tasmania

Dying mum asked for help [The Mercury]

Nitschke unveils new euthanasia aid [ABC News]

Latest push for mercy killings is dangerously ill informed [The Punch, Australia]

Crowd welcomes Nitschke [The Mercury]

Nitschke returning [Otago Daily Times, NZ]

Call to ban Nitschke forum [The Mercury]

Hobart death drug demo [The Mercury]

"Dr. Death" Gives Suicide Tips to UAE Residents [Khaleej Times]

Nitschke guest speaker at Rotary function [Moonee Valley Community News]

A question of life and death [Cairns Post Pty Ltd]

200 attend Nitschke talk [Bundaberg NewsMail]

Assisted Suicide Suspected In Woman's Death [www.10tv.com]

Athens Co. Suicide Under Investigation [WTAP News, www.wtap.com]

Sister faults group for suicide [Columbus Dispatch]

I want this article to be my daughter's lasting message to the world [Cambridge News, UK]

LIFE or DEATH: the painful decision [The Mercury]

Accused drank alcohol before mercy killing bid, court told [Belfast Telegraph]

Conroy backtracks on internet censorship policy [watoday.com.au, Western Australia]

Canada Pro-Life Advocates Asking for More Calls to Oppose Assisted Suicide Bill [LifeNews.com]

Victim's mother pushes for penalty against counselling suicide [Ottawa Citizen]

HUSBAND-WIFE SUICIDE PACT? [New Jersey On-Line]

Views of United States Physicians and Members of the American Medical Association House of Delegates on Physician-assisted Suicide [Society of General Internal Medicine]

Physician-Assisted Suicide [University of Washington School of Medicine]

Dying mum asked for help [The Mercury]

Nitschke unveils new euthanasia aid [ABC News]

Latest push for mercy killings is dangerously ill informed [The Punch, Australia]

Crowd welcomes Nitschke [The Mercury]

Nitschke returning [Otago Daily Times, NZ]

Call to ban Nitschke forum [The Mercury]

Hobart death drug demo [The Mercury]

"Dr. Death" Gives Suicide Tips to UAE Residents [Khaleej Times]

Nitschke guest speaker at Rotary function [Moonee Valley Community News]

A question of life and death [Cairns Post Pty Ltd]

200 attend Nitschke talk [Bundaberg NewsMail]

Assisted Suicide Suspected In Woman's Death [www.10tv.com]

Athens Co. Suicide Under Investigation [WTAP News, www.wtap.com]

Sister faults group for suicide [Columbus Dispatch]

I want this article to be my daughter's lasting message to the world [Cambridge News, UK]

LIFE or DEATH: the painful decision [The Mercury]

Accused drank alcohol before mercy killing bid, court told [Belfast Telegraph]

Conroy backtracks on internet censorship policy [watoday.com.au, Western Australia]

Canada Pro-Life Advocates Asking for More Calls to Oppose Assisted Suicide Bill [LifeNews.com]

Victim's mother pushes for penalty against counselling suicide [Ottawa Citizen]

HUSBAND-WIFE SUICIDE PACT? [New Jersey On-Line]

[Georgia Assisted-Suicide] Evidence against the Final Exit Network is laughable says their lawyer [

Assisted-Suicide Group Denies Being At Woman's Death [10tv.com]

Group tied to ailing woman's suicide? [Columbus Dispatch]

Athens County Sheriff Investigating Assisted Suicide [wsaz.con]

PDF of Death with Dignity Spring Newsletter [www.deathwithdignity.org]

State of Oregon: Death With Dignity Act Reports [oregon.gov]

Death with Dignity Around the U.S. [www.deathwithdignity.org]

June edition of

February statement of the

Web site of the

Latimer Closer To Freedom [Rawlco Radio, NewsTalk 650]

Latimer faring well on day parole, gets leave to deliver a vehicle [CBC News, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]

Robert Latimer's day parole extended [Ottawa Citizen]

Robert Latimer working full-time [Vancouver Sun]

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Hard cases [The Economist]

Friend wore best suit for mercy killing [RTE News]

Man in court charged over alleged attempted mercy-killing [Belfast Telegraph]

Man wore best suit to kill pal [BBC News]

Man tried to smother pal in mercy-killing pact, court hears [Irish Independent]

Hard cases [The Economist]

Friend wore best suit for mercy killing [RTE News]

Man in court charged over alleged attempted mercy-killing [Belfast Telegraph]

Man wore best suit to kill pal [BBC News]

Man tried to smother pal in mercy-killing pact, court hears [Irish Independent]

Joint Committee Should Consider Euthanasia Bill [Government of Tasmania]

NO COMMITTEE NECESSARY ON VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA [The Greens, Tasmania]

Euthanasia bill faces more scrutiny [ABC News, Australia]

Plea for MLCs to reject inquiry into euthanasia bill [The Examiner]

Euthanasia Bill delay feared [The Mercury]

Greens original press release: MCKIM TO TABLE PRIVATE MEMBER'S BILL TO ALLOW DEATH WITH DIGNITY IN TASMANIA [tas.greens.org.au]

EuthaNEWSia, May 22nd, Tasmania: Party lines blurred on voluntary euthanasia bill

EuthaNEWSia, May 27th, Tasmania's McKim claims 78 per cent approval for change

S Korean hospital decides to remove life support for "death-with-dignity" patient [Xinhua News Agency]

Hospital backs right-to-die ruling [JoonAng Daily]

First case of passive euthanasia provokes criticism by Catholic Church [AsiaNews, Vatican]

Show mercy to families taking loved ones to die at Dignitas, says former DPP [MailOnline, Daily Mail]

Lord Falconer backs suicide reform [TimeOnline]

Archbishop of Cardiff condemns assisted suicide bill [MailOnline, Daily Mail]

Church minister condemns assisted suicide Bill [Christian Today]

A more civilised approach to suicide (Charlie Falconer) [TimesOnline]

Undercliffe woman takes suicide law fight to House of Lords [Telegraph & Argus]

Exit speech focus on

EDITORIAL COMMENT: Time for assisted suicide law to change [South Wales Argus]

Choosing when to die called

OMC board to revisit Death/Dignity tonight [Sequim Gazette]

Show mercy to families taking loved ones to die at Dignitas, says former DPP [MailOnline, Daily Mail]

Lord Falconer backs suicide reform [TimeOnline]

Archbishop of Cardiff condemns assisted suicide bill [MailOnline, Daily Mail]

Church minister condemns assisted suicide Bill [Christian Today]

A more civilised approach to suicide (Charlie Falconer) [TimesOnline]

Undercliffe woman takes suicide law fight to House of Lords [Telegraph & Argus]

Exit speech focus on

EDITORIAL COMMENT: Time for assisted suicide law to change [South Wales Argus]

Choosing when to die called

800 Britons on waiting list for Swiss suicide clinic [Guardian, May 31]

Britons seeking assisted suicide abroad reaching tipping point Jun 1, 2009 [Dignity in Dying]

Dignity in Dying Report (PDF): A law out of step [Dignity in Dying]

Consultation on new draft guidance for doctors [GMC]

PDF of draft guidance [GMC]

MS sufferer takes suicide case to Lords [Reuters UK]

Huddersfield woman's battle for right to die reaches House of Lords [The Huddersfield Daily Examiner]

Growing queue to die: 800 Britons sign up with Swiss suicide clinic as fight to change law is renewed [Daily Mail]

Cherished time with the dying puts the lie to euthanasia [Guelph Mercury]

Suicide pact? Al Pacino eyes Kevorkian biopic [Reuters]

Al Pacino signs up for HBO film about Dr Jack Kevorkian [The Cinema Post]

Family of euthanasia victim settle on estate [Sydney Morning Herald]

Surgeon's euthanasia thoughts [The Mercury]

Age prompts a new focus [Daily Mercury]

An interview with Dr Philip Nitschke [Daily Mercury]

Kaye considers euthanasia option [Daily Mercury]

Euthanasia cases rose 10% last year [DutchNews.nl ]

Ten per cent rise reported in euthanasia cases in Netherlands [Monsters & Critics, Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH (dpa)]

Cherished time with the dying puts the lie to euthanasia [Guelph Mercury]

Suicide pact? Al Pacino eyes Kevorkian biopic [Reuters]

Al Pacino signs up for HBO film about Dr Jack Kevorkian [The Cinema Post]

Family of euthanasia victim settle on estate [Sydney Morning Herald]

Surgeon's euthanasia thoughts [The Mercury]

Age prompts a new focus [Daily Mercury]

An interview with Dr Philip Nitschke [Daily Mercury]

Kaye considers euthanasia option [Daily Mercury]

Euthanasia campaigner speaks in Mackay [Daily Mercury]

Church condemns euthanasia bill [The Examiner]

Polling backs euthanasia laws [ABC News]

Valley hospital votes on Initiative 1000 participation [SnoValley Star - www.snovalleystar.com ]

Death's facilitators face moral questions [National Post]

Legalized euthanasia leads to no choice, ever [Calgary Herald]

Why Dr Death should have been given a welcome in Britain [Times Online]

Dutch euthanasia expert to give Londoners tips on suicide [Evening Standard]

Terminally Ill Man Wants Right-To-Die Legislation [WCBV Boston]

Greens press release: MCKIM TO TABLE PRIVATE MEMBER'S BILL TO ALLOW DEATH WITH DIGNITY IN TASMANIA [tas.greens.org.au]

Death's facilitators face moral questions [National Post]

Legalized euthanasia leads to no choice, ever [Calgary Herald]

Why Dr Death should have been given a welcome in Britain [Times Online]

Dutch euthanasia expert to give Londoners tips on suicide [Evening Standard]

Terminally Ill Man Wants Right-To-Die Legislation [WCBV Boston]

300,000 old people are denied the right to die in their own homes, say MPs [Daily Mail]

Let people die at home, say MPs [NursingTimes.net]

SNUH backs right to

Legalize the right to die [JoonAng Daily, Korea]

Hospital to Accept Non-Resuscitation Requests [The Korea Times]

Hospital sets cancer patient policy [JoongAng Daily, Korea]

Dutch euthanasia expert to give Londoners tips on suicide [Evening Standard]

"Dr Death" says Britain ignoring end-of-life needs [Reuters UK]

In rural Washington state, law allows assisted suicide, but most doctors don’t [Los Angeles Times]

Euthanasia And Physician-assisted Suicide: Danger Of Pressure On Vulnerable Persons And The Devaluation Of Palliative Care Structures [Medical News Today]

Expert’s masterclass in euthanasia [scotsman.com]

Canada Parliament Sees Introduction of Bill Today to Legalize Assisted Suicide [LifeNews.com]

4 indicted in assisted suicide of Phoenix woman [Boston Herald]

Finger on the Pulse: who can know the pain of wanting to die? [The Telegraph]

Archbishop Conti’s arguments could support assisted suicide [The Herald]

MSP

Brighton suicide workshop by Dr Death axed [The Argus]

Finger on the Pulse: who can know the pain of wanting to die? [The Telegraph]

Archbishop Conti’s arguments could support assisted suicide [The Herald]

MSP

Brighton suicide workshop by Dr Death axed [The Argus]

Final Exit members speak out. [WINK news].

Amicus briefs filed in assisted suicide case [KPAX.com]

Undercliffe woman takes suicide law fight to House of Lords [Telegraph & Argus]

Mouthpiece: Assisted dying isn’t only way terminally ill can maintain dignity

Doctors have rights, too [The Spokesman-Review]

Final Exit members speak out. [WINK news].

Amicus briefs filed in assisted suicide case [KPAX.com]

Undercliffe woman takes suicide law fight to House of Lords [Telegraph & Argus]

Mouthpiece: Assisted dying isn’t only way terminally ill can maintain dignity

Doctors have rights, too [The Spokesman-Review]

Police

Head to head: Assisted suicide

Was killing mercy or cowardice?, The Herald

Police

Head to head: Assisted suicide

Was killing mercy or cowardice?, The Herald

"Get thee to an ice floe - Jepson",

"Foolproofing Suicide with Euthanasia Test Kits"

"Stricken Chicagoan Supports Right To Die"

"Final wish unfulfilled"

"Get thee to an ice floe - Jepson",

"Foolproofing Suicide with Euthanasia Test Kits"

"Stricken Chicagoan Supports Right To Die"

"Final wish unfulfilled"

Dignitas forbidden to store narcotics

State’s hospitals formulate assisted-suicide plan

Dignitas forbidden to store narcotics

State’s hospitals formulate assisted-suicide plan