by APFLI | Aug 2, 2004 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
The boards of Compassion in Dying and End of Life Choices, formerly known as the Hemlock Society, have discussed combining budgets, fundraising, political strategy and other issues. Thus far, the merged organization is calling itself Compassion and Choices. Pro-life...
by APFLI | Jun 22, 2004 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
9TH CIRCUIT DECISION — a panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals [26May] struck down Attorney General John Ashcroft’s directive that doctors in OR may not misuse federally controlled drugs to assist suicides. The Ashcroft directive had reversed a Clinton...
by APFLI | Jun 22, 2004 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
OR ASSISTED SUICIDE INCREASED IN 2003 by 10% (over 2002). The state report noted that 42 people killed themselves because of fear of losing their autonomy. While numbers increase, the age of the people is decreasing. There is no penalty for doctors who forget to...
