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This listing lists all the EuthaNEWSia advisories, as well as all the news stories mentioned in those advisories (i.e.in the Also see: and Overflow: sections.)

Clicking on any bold headline will display the advisory.

January, 2011

The third edition of EuthaNEWSia ends

[EuthaNEWSia] -- mailed Friday, January 14, 2011

  • Tags: EuthaNEWSia

Montana lawmaker sponsors bill to address "aid in dying"

[KXLH.com] -- mailed Friday, January 14, 2011

  • Tags: aid in dying; legislation; Montana; U.S.A.

  • Also see:

    • Advocates Praise Sen. Blewett's Bill to Protect Patient Rights [Compassion & Choices Blog]

    • Montana Ruling Bolsters Doctor-Assisted Suicide [EuthaNEWSia: Jan.4, 2010]

    • Montana Senate Bill 116 - The Elder Abuse Prevention Act [Euthanasia Prevention Coalition]

  • Overflow:

    • Barcelona man commits "assisted suicide" in Switzerland [TheReader.es]

    • USA: Anti-Choice at the End of Life [The Nation]

    • USA: Hello Patients Rights Council [Blog of Wesley J. Smith]

    • Connecticut: Son Arraigned in Death of Father with Alzheimer's [West Hartford Patch]

    • Britain: Eminent surgeon joins right-to-die campaign [The Independent]

    • Book: Review of "What You Wish For" [Amazon.com]

    • Canada: Parliamentary Committee on Palliative and Compassionate Care receives input in Montreal [Euthanasia Prevention Coalition]

    • Scotland: Call for less aggressive treatment for elderly [HeraldScotland]

    • Wisconsin: Quadriplegic fighting for right to die moving to care facility [JSOnline]

    • Wisconsin: State should ration health care, doctor association proposes [madison.com]

    • Taiwan approves law to allow relatives to end life support [Monsters and Critics.com]

    • Australia: Talk of euthanasia just distress, inquest hears [Sydney Morning Herald]

    • Australia: Parents raised possibility of euthanasia for disabled child, inquest told [The Sydney Morning Herald]

France prepares to debate legalization of assisted suicide

[LifeSiteNews.com] -- mailed Friday, January 14, 2011

  • Tags: assisted suicide; legislation; France

  • Also see:

    • France: Senate Discusses pro-euthanasia bills January 25, 2011 [le blog de Jacqueline Jencquel]

  • Overflow:

    • Barcelona man commits "assisted suicide" in Switzerland [TheReader.es]

    • USA: Anti-Choice at the End of Life [The Nation]

    • USA: Hello Patients Rights Council [Blog of Wesley J. Smith]

    • Connecticut: Son Arraigned in Death of Father with Alzheimer's [West Hartford Patch]

    • Britain: Eminent surgeon joins right-to-die campaign [The Independent]

    • Book: Review of "What You Wish For" [Amazon.com]

    • Canada: Parliamentary Committee on Palliative and Compassionate Care receives input in Montreal [Euthanasia Prevention Coalition]

    • Scotland: Call for less aggressive treatment for elderly [HeraldScotland]

    • Wisconsin: Quadriplegic fighting for right to die moving to care facility [JSOnline]

    • Wisconsin: State should ration health care, doctor association proposes [madison.com]

    • Taiwan approves law to allow relatives to end life support [Monsters and Critics.com]

    • Australia: Talk of euthanasia just distress, inquest hears [Sydney Morning Herald]

    • Australia: Parents raised possibility of euthanasia for disabled child, inquest told [The Sydney Morning Herald]

Can an Alzheimer's victim end their own life?

[Assisted-Suicide Blog] -- mailed Wednesday, January 12, 2011

  • Tags: assisted suicide; Alzheimer's disease; suicide; Derek Humphry

  • Also see:

    • Britain: Sir Terry Pratchett calls for euthanasia tribunals [EuthaNEWSia, Feb. 1, 2010]

    • Connecticut: In Alleged Assisted Suicide, A Question Of Ethics [EuthaNEWSia, Jan. 10, 2011]

    • Assisted Suicide In West Hartford Shows Need For Law On Difficult Decision [Hartford Courant]

Connecticut: In Alleged Assisted Suicide, A Question Of Ethics

[The Hartford Courant] -- mailed Monday, January 10, 2011

  • Tags: assisted suicide; prosecution; Connecticut; U.S.A.

  • Also see:

    • Connecticut: We should have the right to die as we choose [The Hartford Courant]

    • Connecticut: Father's suicide: Man charged in father's suicide [wsbt.com]

Canada: De-criminalize euthanasia and assisted suicide, says law prof

[Canadian Lawyer] -- mailed Monday, January 10, 2011

  • Tags: assisted suicide; euthanasia; legalize; Canada

  • Also see:

    • Comment: Russel Ogden [Canadian Lawyer]

Canada: Evelyn Marie Martens, Canadian Right to Die Activist

[World right-to-die news list] -- mailed Friday, January 7, 2011

  • Tags: Evelyn Martens; assisted suicide; prosecution; Right to Die Society; Canada

  • Also see:

    • Evelyn Martens dies [Times Colonist]

    • Giving Death A Hand [CBC News]

    • Giving Death A Hand: Life of Evelyn Martens [CBC News]

    • The Trial of Evelyn Martens [Humanist Perspectives, 2005]

    • Canada: Evelyn Martens has died [World right-to-die news list]

  • Overflow:

    • Assisted suicide will be high on Swiss political agenda in 2011. [swissinfo]

    • Switzerland: Doctor's acquittal will not be appealed [World Radio Switzerland]

    • Hospice best for patients with dementia [World right-to-die news list]

    • Australia: Right of reply on right to die [The Australian]

    • Canada: Watching grandma die taught me lessons about living [Calgary Herald]

    • Top 10 Canadian stories of 2010 [The Interim]

    • South Korea: Hospital Ordered To Pay Family 40 Million Won [Bernama.com.my]

    • Vermont: All Dems in Montpelier [The Burlington Free Press]

    • Austria to exhume bodies in Nazi euthanasia probe [Reuters]

    • Final Exit Network Messages Now on Commercial Airline Flights [PR Newswire]

    • Right-to-die group posts advertisement in Pittsburgh [Pittsburgh Post-gazette]

    • Obama Returns to End-of-Life Plan That Caused Stir [New York Times]

    • Assisted death advocate keen to start South African group [Otago Daily Times]

Britain: Family pay tribute to tragic mercy kill couple

[KentOnline] -- mailed Thursday, January 6, 2011

  • Tags: mercy killing; suicide; Britain

  • Also see:

    • Britain: Pensioner due in court for "mercy killing" of wife is found dead at home [Daily Mail]

Taiwan: Mercy killing shows need for government support

[Taipei Times] -- mailed Thursday, January 6, 2011

  • Tags: mercy killing; caregiver; end-of-life care; Republic of China (Taiwan)

  • Also see:

    • Taiwan: Husband Perform Euthanasia [Oneindia News]

Australia: Support steadfast for death to ease pain

[The Sydney Morning Herald] -- mailed Wednesday, January 5, 2011

  • Tags: voluntary euthanasia; poll; Australia

  • Also see:

    • Australia: No room for histrionics in euthanasia debate [The Australian]

    • Australia: Euthanasia Billboard complaints thrown out [Exit International Blog]

Canada: Evelyn Martens dies

[Times Colonist] -- mailed Wednesday, January 5, 2011

  • Tags: Evelyn Martens; assisted suicide; prosecution; Right to Die Society; Canada

  • Also see:

    • Canada: Evelyn Martens has died [World right-to-die news list]

    • Giving Death A Hand [CBC News]

    • Giving Death A Hand: Life of Evelyn Martens [CBC News]

    • The Trial of Evelyn Martens [Humanist Perspectives, 2005]

Britain: MS sufferer who ended his life at Dignitas left behind a poignant letter

[Thisisstaffordshire.co.uk] -- mailed Tuesday, January 4, 2011

  • Tags: assisted suicide; multiple sclerosis; Dignitas; Britain

  • Also see:

    • Assisted suicide: British multiple sclerosis sufferer ends life at Dignitas [The Telegraph]

Let me die at home, Montrealer pleads

[The Montreal Gazette] -- mailed Tuesday, January 4, 2011

  • Tags: assisted suicide; Dignitas; Quebec; Canada

  • Also see:

    • Dying with dignity hearings set to resume in Quebec [CTV News]