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Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Utah: Assisting In Suicide Should Have Legal Recourse

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Deseret News Editorial Board Occasionally, someone commits a crime so heinous and disturbing it leads to demands for specific changes in...

Iowa: "Slippery Slope" Is Real

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The question of suicide facilitated by medical professionals, physician assisted suicide (PAS), has garnered a great deal of interest on thi...

Oregon Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia Law Applies to Diabetics

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The article below leaves out that "diabetes mellitus" (diabetes) is listed in Oregon's annual reports as an "underlyi...
Thursday, January 4, 2018

Patients Unprotected Due to "Eraser" Clause (Paragraph 25)

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Debating Chamber By Margaret Dore, Esq., MBA New Zealand's bill seeking to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia has passed fi...
Saturday, December 30, 2017

Update: Woman Who Mistakenly Thought She had a Terminal Illness Meets Her Rescuers

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BC:  A Ladysmith artist who survived five hours in the frigid waters of the Salish Sea in late October and the rescuers who gave her a seco...
Saturday, December 9, 2017

Woman Tries To Kill Herself After Terminal Diagnosis Only To Find Out It Was Wrong

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By Katie Serena After receiving a terminal diagnosis, Mya DeRyan decided to end her life on her own terms -- but things didn't quite...
Monday, December 4, 2017

Is Self-Administration Enforceable?

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By Margaret Dore, Esq. Victoria's deceptively named Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill uses the term, "self-administer," at le...
Sunday, November 26, 2017

Wrap Up Australia: New South Wales and Victoria

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Rachel Carling-Jenkins, Victoria MP Two weeks ago, the Upper House of New South Wales defeated a bill seeking to legalise assisted suici...
Monday, November 20, 2017

Diane Coleman's Letter to Members of the Victoria Legislative Council Opposing Assisted Suicide

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Diane Coleman, JD I am writing behalf of Not Dead Yet, a national disability rights group in the U.S. that opposes legalization of assis...
Thursday, November 16, 2017

Australia: Bill to Legalize Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Defeated in New South Wales

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NSW Legislative Council Today, the New South Wales' Upper House voted against a purported "Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill."...
Tuesday, November 7, 2017

South Dakota: Measure Dead

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An initiated measure,  seeking to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia in South Dakota , is dead. From the Associated Press: "Su...
Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Victoria: Elder Abuse Demands No Vote

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Margaret Dore Margaret Dore, an experienced attorney specialising in elder law in Washington State, where assisted suicide is legal, ha...
Monday, October 30, 2017

An Open Letter to the Parliament of Victoria: Say "No" to Assisted Suicide & Euthanasia

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I am a lawyer in Washington State USA where assisted suicide is legal. Last year, I presented as an expert on assisted suicide to a Victor...

Victoria's Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Bill: Oregon's Statistics Provide Little, If Any, Support for Passage Due to Physical Pain

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By Margaret Dore , Esq., MBA According to Oregon’s official government statistics, there were 47 people who died under its assisted suici...
Sunday, October 29, 2017

Margaret Dore Analysis Opposing Victoria Euthanasia Bill

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Council Chamber To view this analysis as a pdf, click the following links containing, an index ; a memo ; and an appendix I.  INTRODU...
Saturday, October 14, 2017

Teen Accused of Helping Friend Commit Suicide Could Face Trial for Murder

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Jchandra "Jelly" Brown To see article and video,  click here . PROVO, Utah (KSTU) -- A judge will decide if a Spanish Fork m...
Monday, October 2, 2017

Washington Post: "I’m dying of brain cancer. I prepared to end my life. Then I kept living."

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To view the entire article, click here. In April 2015, at the age of 55, I was diagnosed with one of the most lethal and aggressive br...
Thursday, September 28, 2017

Bi-Partisan Resolution Opposing Assisted Suicide Introduced in Congress

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By Rebecca Duberstein Congressman Wenstrup Yesterday on September 27, Congressman Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) held a press conference anno...
Thursday, September 21, 2017

New Zealand: Māori Party Candidate Urging No Vote on Labour Due to Assisted Suicide Support

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http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/election/2017/09/m-ori-party-do-not-vote-for-labour-over-euthanasia.html A Māori Party candidate is urging ...
Thursday, September 14, 2017

U.S. House Votes to Repeal D.C.'s Death With Dignity Law (Assisted Suicide & Euthanasia)

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Rep. Tom Graves By Jenna Portnoy,  The Washington Post The U.S. House on Thursday passed a spending bill that would block five laws af...
Saturday, September 9, 2017

South Dakota: Reject Initiated Measure

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An initiated measure pending in South Dakota seeks to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia as those terms are traditionally defined. I...
Tuesday, August 29, 2017

New Zealand: Major inquiry on voluntary euthanasia does not recommend law change

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Simon O' Connor ""It probably comes down to the simple question of 'How many errors would Parliament would be willing ...

New Zealand: Cultue of Glamorizing Death Behind Suicide Rise?

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http://www.investigatemagazine.co.nz/Investigate/21439/culture-of-glamorizing-death-behind-suicide-rise Several years ago, against the adv...