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Hemlock San Diego publishes July 2019 Newsletter
Jul 31, 2019
Hemlock San Diego publishes July 2019 Newsletter, you can download and read it here.
Japan RTD Society JSDD publishes Newsletter 174
Jul 31, 2019
Victoria issued first "voluntary assisted dying" permit
Jul 29, 2019
Victoria has issued its first "voluntary assisted dying" permit under the right-to-die laws which became active in mid-June this year, after 18 months preparation since the passing of the laws in 2017.
Oregon removes assisted suicide waiting period for certain patients
Jul 29, 2019
On Wednesday July 23, Governor Kate Brown (Oregon) announced the signing into law of legislation allowing certain terminally ill patients to have quicker access to life-ending medications under the Oregon Death With Dignity Act (which was the first assisted dying law in the United States).
According to Exit International, elderly Australians are being targeted by police for importing illegal life-ending drugs
Jul 29, 2019
Right-to-die campaigner Philip Nitschke from Exit International says that police have raided the homes of elderly Australians, demanding they hand over illegally imported euthanasia drugs.
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).
Spanish Congress receives a million signatures in favor of euthanasia
Jul 13, 2019
On Friday the 12th of July, the Congress in Spain received one million signatures requesting legal changes to decriminalize euthanasia. The million signatures were collected in three different petitions.