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World Federation grows, some law successes
Aug 20, 1970
President's Report by Michael Irwin, MD, President of the World Federation of Right To Die Societies.
House of Lords establishes a Select Committee
Aug 20, 1970
The new parliamentary move to allow British physicians to assist terminally-ill patients to end their lives cleared its first hurdle in the House of Lords, in London, on March 10th.
Tampa Woman Won't Have Feedings Cut
Aug 20, 1970
The woman whose husband and parents are battling over whether she should be allowed to die will continue to be fed through a tube for weeks under an order issued Wednesday by an appeals court.
A Plea for Beneficent Euthanasia
Aug 20, 1970
This statement first appeared in The Humanist of July/August 1974.
Suicide reform plea to stop Britons going abroad to die
Aug 20, 1970
(From The Guardian in London, April 16, 2003)
Campaigners for euthanasia claimed yesterday that a failure to make assisted suicide legal in Britain was driving people abroad to end their lives. The case of Robert and Jennifer Stokes, a couple from Bedfordshire who were helped to die by a Swiss euthanasia group, has renewed concern about “suicide tourism”. Mrs. Stokes is believed to have attempted suicide before.
89-year-old man will be charged with murdering wife
Aug 20, 1970
An 89-year-old man will be charged with murder after telling police he smothered his 85-year-old wife in her nursing home bed last week to end her pain, authorities said Monday.
Judge Denies Request To Feed Patient, 92
Aug 20, 1970
A judge Monday refused to set aside a guardian's instructions for the care of 92-year-old Margaret Russell, a nursing home resident who has not been given any food or nutrients for five weeks.
Poll: Many doctors back assisted suicide
Aug 20, 1970
Rank-and-file doctors favor physician-assisted suicide by nearly twice the rate of the elected leadership of the nation's premier medical organization, according to a survey by a Baylor College of Medicine professor.
Bill about legalizing euthanasia rejected in Madrid
Aug 20, 1970
The Spanish Parliament rejected a Bill to legalize voluntary euthanasia presented by Esquerra Nacionalista de Cartalunya and Izquieda Unida.
Conferences
Aug 20, 1970
The World Federation of Right To Die Societies meets every two years to exchange news and views, to elect Directors and Officers of the Federation, and to conduct other business.
Congress 2012
The next meeting will take place nin May 2012 in Zürich, Switzerland and will be hosted by EXIT Deutsche Schweiz