There is little doubt that voluntary euthanasia/ 'medical aid in dying' law reform is on the move! The recent success of Colorado's Proposition 106 is the good news story in this regard. You can read more about this new End of Life Choices law here. Following on Colorado's heels is ...
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In recent weeks, the Dutch Ambassador to New Zealand, Robert Zaagman, has described NZ political debate about whether to introduce a voluntary euthanasia/ assisted suicide law as being akin to Dutch debate 20 years ago. While an increasing number of US States are moving beyond the 'should we' - 'shouldn't ...
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Extending assistance to die to the so-called 'well elderly' is a topic that has long been of interest to Exit. Indeed, it is one of the reasons that the Peaceful Pill Handbook is published. In recognising 'euthanasia' - a good death - as a civil right, it is only logical ...
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It will be twenty years ago this week since the Northern Territory passed the world’s first law on voluntary euthanasia. The Rights of the Terminally Ill Act (ROTI) was a carefully-drafted piece of legislation that allowed a terminally ill person of sound mind to ask a doctor for help to die. The law expressly excluded ...
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In mid July at the Secret Garden Party Festival in Cambridgeshire in the UK, The Loop alcohol and drug testing service achieved the impossible. They conducted police-approved, lawful drug testing for party-goers. Politics.co.uk writes that a 10m sq patch of lawn became Ground Zero for those wanting their party drugs ...
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I must admit, while not a conservative voter, last week I started to get a bit sucked in! Last week, there was Theresa May, Britain's would-be next (and now new) Prime Minister wearing purple. While I'm yet to notice Hillary in the color of feminism (and dignity), I convinced myself ...
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The forthcoming Exit 20th Anniversary conference is titled 'From Voluntary Euthanasia to Rational Suicide'. But what are we talking about? Generally speaking, VE - voluntary euthanasia is the catch-all term that means an assisted death. Euthanasia comes from the Greek, meaning good death. Voluntary speaks for itself (although as some ...
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Whoever said it was Donald Trump who was causing moral panic and outrage in the US at the moment was only partly right. The other mischief maker is the Dutch, at least where euthanasia is concerned. The study published last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows ...
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"I do not know what I would do if I were dying in prolonged and excruciating pain," he wrote in a letter addressed to state lawmakers. "I am certain, however, that it would be a comfort to be able to consider the options afforded by this bill. "And I wouldn't ...
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I made a late submission to the Parliamentary Committee Inquiry into End of Life Choices in the Australian state of Victoria, not expecting it to be accepted, but it was. Here it is : …the tintinnabulation that so musically wells  From the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells - From the jingling ...
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