The Des Moines Register newspaper uncovered significant problems with the practice of assisted suicide in Oregon and Washington State. They learned that the data is incomplete, that there are missing reports (under-reporting) and that the laws are not designed to be effectively monitored. Read more >>
The Ohio Senate passed a bill making assisting in a suicide a felony. It has become the fifth state to recently strengthen legal protections against the adoption of assisted suicide. Read more >>
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A 41-year-old man has ended his life by fatal injection rather than carry on living as an alcoholic, in a radical new extension of Holland’s euthanasia regime. Read more >>
Continue Reading → NETHERLANDS: Dutch euthanasia law is used to kill alcoholic:
Residents of Colorado recently approved physician-assisted suicide by a margin of 2-to-1. Yet the full ramifications of this decision must be considered. Read more >>
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The voluntary euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke announced the launch of Exit Action on Sunday morning, describing the new organisation as a subgroup of Exit International, which campaigns, runs workshops and distributes information on voluntary euthanasia. Read more >>