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Public Opinion in the UK about Euthanasia
Aug 20, 1970
Adapted from VES --The Voluntary Euthanasia Society of England and Wales
United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) rejects Ramon Sampedro's heir demand
Aug 20, 1970
The UNHCR ruled the claim of Ramon Samedro's heir against the Spanish government to be inadmissable.
Declarations on Assisted Dying
Aug 20, 1970
The following Declarations were made at International Conferences of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies.
INJURED MAN IN LIFE SUPPORT CASE DIES
Aug 20, 1970
INJURED MAN IN LIFE SUPPORT CASE DIES Court: His wife and mother had battled for years over the right to end medical aid.
July 18, 2001
Los Angeles Times
Maura Dolan, Times Legal Affairs Writer
Robert Wendland, focus of California court
case, photographed in May, prior to his death
San Francisco-- A severely disabled man who is the subject of a closely watched right-to-die case before the California Supreme Court died of pneumonia Tuesday, family lawyers and a hospital official said.
Practical Issues in Physician-Assisted Suicide
Aug 20, 1970
American College for Physicians offers facts on legal and medical consequences of physician-assisted suicide.
Third ‘Remmelink’ Report
Aug 20, 1970
On the 23rd May 2003, Professors Van der Wal and Van der Maas presented their long awaited third report on euthanasia in the Netherlands (also known as the Remmelink report).
Ashcroft's odd targets
Aug 20, 1970
We have terrorists on the loose, anthrax wafting through the mail, and the Justice Department is in hot pursuit of ... terminally ill patients?
The Quality of Mercy
Aug 20, 1970
On 9th September VES UK published ‘The Quality of Mercy’, a comprehensive review of existing research on assisted dying and physical illness in the UK. ‘The Quality of Mercy’ demonstrates that the UK law has forced assisted dying underground, with the result that vulnerable people are not protected.
Schiavo to ask judge to let wife die soon
Aug 20, 1970
A court has ruled that Michael Schiavo can remove his wife's feeding tube after her parents' appeals are exhausted.