United States

MONTANA: third state with "legalised" physicians aid in dying

April 19, 2010: Because of the ruling of the Montana Supreme Court in Baxter vs Montana, physician assisted suicide (PAS) is now openly allowed in Montana. The ruling read that nothing in Montana Law is preventing PAS and that therefore "it is not illegal". This makes Montana actually the third USA State where PAS may be practiced.

"You don;t know Jack": film on Jack Kevorkian on TV in USA

April 19, 2010: The TV film "You don't know Jack" on Jack Kevorkian is aired in the USA on HBO on Saturday, April 24, from 9 to 11.15 pm ET/PT. Oscar winners Al Pacino and Susan Sarandon will star in this film, directed by Oscar winner Barry Levinson.

USA Washington state reports on first nine months of their DWD Act (2009)

March 6, 2010: Washinton state publishes its first numbers on the now one year old DWD Act, started on March 5, 2009. 63 Terminally ill Washingtonians used the act in the first nine months to procure a prescription, only  36 actually died after ingestion. This was rfeported at a C&C Conference organised for the first birthday of the act.

USA: with Montana now three States providing legal aid-in-dying

  February 18, 2010:  Because of a ruling by the Montana Supreme Court in January 2010  -  following the 2008 verdict of Montana District Court  Judge Dorothy McCarter  -   saying that "nothing in state law prevents patients from seeking physician-assisted suicide", now three States (Oregon, Washington and Montana) provide its residents with legal aid-in-dying

Changes in America's public opinion on legalizing Euthanasia?

  February 15, 2010:  According to a recent Angus Reid poll the proportion of supporters for legal euthanasia (now 42%) has dropped by three points, while the proportion of opponents (now 36%) has increased by 4 points, since august 2009.

USA Symposium on End-of-life advocacy

September 21, 2009: On 13 and 14 October, 2009,  Compassion & Choices is proud to present the

Obama, Health Care Reform and the End-of-Life debate in the USA

August 13, 2009:  On July 14, Republican John Dingell and eight fellow Democrats  introduced H.R. 3200, the health care reform bill, in the House.

Oregon's Death with Dignity Act Annual Reports

Under Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act (DWDA), terminally-ill adult Oregonians are allowed to obtain and use prescriptions from their physicians for self-administered, lethal medications. The Oregon Public Health Division is required by the Act to collect 粑

Kevorkian to Be Paroled.

Dr. Jack Kevorkian will be granted parole from a prison in Michigan on June 1, the time when he would be eligible to be considered...

Assisted suicide ruling upheld by US court

In a stinging rebuke to the Bush administration, the US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the US attorney-general cannot use federal drug laws to try to stop the right-to-die movement.

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