by APFLI | May 23, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
A Dutch appeals court acquitted a 74-year-old man earlier this month of the murder of his mother in 2008, because he acted in an “emergency situation”: the woman wanted euthanasia and had not obtained it from her family doctor. The decision is a surprising one, even...
by APFLI | May 20, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Oregon officials have released their tenth statewide report on the status of assisted suicide, and it shows the number of people who died is on the rise. The report showed the number of people getting drugs to use in taking their own lives is increasing as well. More...
by APFLI | May 19, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
After Montana joined Washington and Oregon in legalizing physician-assisted suicide late last year, Montanans trying to kill themselves are having trouble finding a doctor to fill their “exit prescriptions.” The Denver-based assisted suicide advocacy group...
by APFLI | May 18, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
One in four Oregonians who seek to end their lives with a legally prescribed drug overdose may be clinically depressed. The study, by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University, evaluated 58 terminally ill patients who considered ending their lives under...
by APFLI | May 17, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Top Attorney: Laws Against Assisted Suicide ARE Constitutional The following is an article written by lawyer, Margaret Dore and published on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 on the Montanans Against Assisted Suicide and for Living with Dignity website....
