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"After four years of Health Ministry "dawdling" in
implementing the law allowing passive euthanasia of
terminal patients who meet strict criteria", Meretz
party Member of the Knesset Haim Oron "has prepared a
bill to allow physician-assisted suicide. The bill is a
modified form of a law in the US state of Oregon that
has allowed dozens of such patients to end their own
lives."
"A five-hour discussion of the current situation and the
proposed private member's bill was held on Sunday night
at the Konrad Adenauer Conference Center of the
Jerusalem Ethics Center in coordination with Lilach, the
Society for the Right to Live and Die with Dignity. It
was the first Israeli conference to discuss active
euthanasia by the terminal patient." Prof. Avinoam
Reches, head of the Israel Medical Association's ethics
bureau strongly supported the private member's bill.
The report says that not one person has been allowed to
end their life under the law passed four years ago, as
the administration has not implemented the law.
Tasmania's Dying With Dignity Bill 2009 will be debated by the House of Assembly this Wednesday
Canadian Bill C-384 will be debated again on November 16th
This week's Exit International's North American tour should have news of the new "Exit Pill", made from a stable inert form of the barbiturate Nembutal. It has been developed for long term storage and transport.
To read the full article click on one of these links, both of which go to the same destination. A short link is provided for the convenience of readers. Also, readers may search and browse past advisories on the web (see bottom.)
Siegel-Itzkovich, Judy. "MKs to submit assisted-suicide bill". The Jerusalem Post Updated Nov 2, 2009 9:11. <www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1256799064387>. The Jerusalem Post, The Jerusalem Post Building, PO Box 81, Jerusalem, 91000 Israel.
Tags (or keywords) briefly indicate some major topics of the report.
assisted suicide
passive euthanasia
legislation
Oregon
Israel
The EuthaNEWSia ID for this advisory is: enid200911020937.
Mailed: Monday, November 2, 2009 14:16:23 -0600
at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
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