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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Oregon's new assisted suicide report: chronic conditions; people with money and more

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By Margaret Dore, Esq. Updated February 19, 2014 Oregon's assisted suicide report for 2013 has been released to the public.[1]  Per...
Monday, January 27, 2014

A Legislator's Question

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By Margaret Dore, Esq. Updated February 5, 2014 A legislator considering an assisted suicide law asked me this question:   "Is ther...
Sunday, January 26, 2014

A response to the press: The wife would still be a victim. In Oregon, murder-suicide follows "the national pattern."

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I am an attorney in Washington State where physician-assisted suicide is legal.  I was disturbed by your article suggesting that legal assis...
Saturday, January 25, 2014

Montana board forced to remove position statement. Help us make it permanent & overturn Baxter

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For the last three years, Montanans Against Assisted Suicide (MAAS) has been an integral player in keeping assisted suicide from becoming l...
Sunday, January 5, 2014

New Board Member Kate Kelly!

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Welcome to our newest Board member, Kate Kelly! Kate Kelly, B.Ed., B.A. Kate Kelly grew up in Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada.   She i...

Board Member William Reichel, M.D.

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Below is an updated biography for Choice is an Illusion Board Member, William Reichel MD. As noted below, he was recently named as one of ...

William Reichel MD: Dutch law allows euthanasia

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Originally published in The Advocate , the Official Publication of the Idaho State Bar, October 2010. http://www.margaretdore.com/info/Octo...

Mild stroke led to mother's forced starvation

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By Kate Kelly I watched an old woman die of hunger and thirst.  She had Alzheimer's, this old woman, and was child-like, trusting, v...

"He made the mistake of asking for information about assisted suicide"

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http://missoulian.com/news/opinion/mailbag/legalizing-assisted-suicide-allows-physicians-to-pressure-patients/article_5726f258-84fb-11e2-970...
Friday, January 3, 2014

Suicide prevention plans at odds with right to die

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This Canadian article is consistent with the Oregon experience in which legalization of physician-assisted suicide was followed by a signifi...

Washington's Assisted Suicide Act

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Originally published as  " ' Death with Dignity':  What Do We Advise Our Clients?," King County Bar Bulletin, May 2009.  ...
Tuesday, December 24, 2013

"It wasn't the father saying that he wanted to die"

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My wife and I operate two adult family homes in Washington State where assisted suicide is legal. I am writing to urge you to not make Washi...
Saturday, December 21, 2013

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Video: Margaret Dore vs. Wanda Morris Video, Part 1

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To see Part 2  go here CFI Okanagan Presentation Should assisted suicide be legal in Canada? Wanda Morris, Executive Director of Dy...

Video: Margaret Dore v. Wanda Morris Video, Part 2

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To view Part 1,  go here

Beware of Vultures: Senator Jennifer Fielder on Compassion & Choices

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" I found myself wondering, ' Where does all the lobby money come from?' If it really is about a few terminally ill people w...
Thursday, December 19, 2013

Site under remodel

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This site is in the mist of a remodel. Please let us know if you need anything. -Choice is an Illusion.

Euthanasia: Where there's a Will, there's relatives

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http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff-nation/assignments/your-stance-on-euthanasia/9299105/Euthanasia-Where-theres-a-Will-theres-relatives By Dee ...

"I was afraid to leave my husband alone"

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When my husband was seriously ill several years ago, I collapsed in a half-exhausted heap in a chair once I got him into the doctor's o...
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

"But Doctor, I Want To Live": The Other Side Of The "Dignified Death" Debate

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http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidshaywitz/2013/12/18/but-doctor-i-want-to-live-the-other-side-of-the-dignified-death-debate/ ...