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Maine Death with Dignity Act probably tested by referendum
Jul 20, 2019
Maine will probably have a physician-initiated death referendum in November or June. This referendum could overturn the brandnew Death with Dignity Act that was signed into law last month. Opponents of the new law have until September 18, 2019, to collect and file 63,067 valid signatures.
Exit's 2019 Disrupting Death workshop tour about to commence on 25 July
Jul 20, 2019
Exit International starts '2019 Disrupting Death workshop tour' on the Gold Coast (Australia) on 25 July. The workshop tour consists of 8 workshops, seven in Australia and the last one in London (27th of October - just before brExit). The tour is about a new short film about Exit's approach to the end of life choices. (and can be viewed at: https://vimeo.com/345291400).
Lois Schafer (July 28, 1938 - June 23, 2019)
Jul 15, 2019
By Faye Girsh, San Diego.
When I became head of the national Hemlock Society in 1996 Lois Schafer was already there in our modest Denver office as a volunteer. I liked her quiet, unobtrusive, caring style. She was especially kind and gentle,
Life Circle president Erika Preisig gets suspended sentence and fine in assisted suicide case
Jul 14, 2019
On Tuesday the 9th of July, the criminal court from canton Basel-Country in north western Switzerland, handed her a 15-month suspended prison sentence and a fine of CHF20,000 ($20,137).
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