Assisted Suicide Euthanasia Life of End

Assisted Suicide Euthanasia Life of End

"Assisted suicide" or "physician assisted suicide" generally refer to the process by which a mentally competent, terminally ill individual uses a lethal dose of medication, prescribed by a physician, to hasten his or her death. It is legal in the Netherlands, Belgium, and the state of Oregon.

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CBS News, 60 Minutes II - "Switzerland's Suicide Tourists" - A transcript of a television program about Dignitas, a Swiss organization that helps terminally ill individuals from around the world hasten their deaths.
Honolulu Advertiser - "Oregon not deluged with assisted suicides" - An editorial about the successful implementation of Oregon assisted dying law.
Pro-Life Blogs - Directory and post aggregator of web logs supporting and promoting sanctrity of life issues in all aspects. Also includes original material.
Assisted Suicide: The Philosophers' Brief - Legal arguments for the legalization of physician assisted suicide from the 1997 Supreme Court amicus brief by six philosophers.
San Francisco Chronicle - "Court hears suicide-law case; Appellate judges grill federal lawyer over strategy in Oregon" - The U.S. Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments in Oregon v. Ashcroft, the case contesting the Attorney General's attempted nullification of Oregon's physician assisted dying law.
I Want to Die - Personal story of a quadriplegic who seeks assisted suicide.
Back Off John! - A site by Oregon Death with Dignity, which supports end-of-life choice, that presents arguments against U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft's interference in Oregon physician assisted dying law. The site also provides information about the Oregon law, an
Oregon Public Health Services: Oregon's Death with Dignity Act - Information and annual reports on the implementation of Oregon's Death with Dignity Act, which legalized physician assisted dying for competent, terminally ill adults.

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