Pages tagged "United States"
Assisted Suicide Advocacy Raising Suicide Rates Nationwide
May 07, 2013
Comments from Wesley Smith on the new US suicide data:
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Medical Serial Killer, nurse, Charles Cullen: 'I thought I was helping'
May 04, 2013
This chilling case was recently revisited by the 60 Minutes
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Suicide Clinic in Washington State
Apr 12, 2013
Dr. Nitschke has said a number of times that he would set up a clinic in South Australia or Tasmania if legislation ever got up in those places. And now they actually have such a clinic in Washington State.
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Montana House Bill (HB) 505 passes - on to the Senate
Mar 01, 2013
House Bill (HB) 505 is a positive initiative that corrects an earlier problem created by way of a US Supreme Court decision in Montana in 2009 (Baxter).
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New Hampshire Palliative Care Specialist's testimony in Vermont
Feb 05, 2013
The Vermont Senate Committee on Health and Welfare Hearing on End of Life Choices recently heard testimony on whether or not to proceed to endorse legislative change. Unfortunately that committee recommended the move which now sits before the powerful bills committee. The following blogpost from NotDeadYet's Stephen Drake is Dr. Ira Byock's testimony to that committee. A powerful statement:
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Do Americans want to legalize assisted suicide?
Jan 02, 2013
comments on US Polls and why polls really don't help us understand what people really think and want. Alex SchadenbergA recent poll indicates that 55% of Americans support assisted suicide. The poll that was conducted by
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Assisted Suicide in the USA - all is not well
Dec 19, 2012
A new report by Living and Dying Well UK
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Lessons from Massachusetts - euthanasia & assisted suicide is not a 'left-right' divide
Nov 15, 2012
This article from the is a primer on how campaigns should be run and it proves the case that being against euthanasia and assisted suicide isn't a 'religious thing' any more than its a 'conservative thing':
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Two Doctors comment on assisted suicide
Nov 05, 2012
With less than two days to the US Presidential Election and the assisted suicide ballot in Massachusetts, two doctors speak out against the move.Physician-assisted suicide is not a right. It's a wrong.
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Boston Globe says NO to assisted suicide
Nov 03, 2012
In the past few weeks a number of American newspapers, many but not all in Massachusetts have editorialized opposition to the Massachsetts Ballot Question 2 on assisted suicide. The ballot question will be voted on by Mass. citizens as part of the voting in the US Presidential Ballot on November 6. Yesterday the left-liberal
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