by APFLI | May 20, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
World Federation of Right to Die Societies [umbrella group consisting of 38 right-to-die organizations from 23 countries] reaffirmed its “Manifesto” [9/06, biennial conference, Toronto, Canada] which originally debuted at its previous meeting in Tokyo in...
by APFLI | May 20, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Philip Nitschke continues to be in the news. Upon his return from the World Federation of Right to Die Societies’ meeting in Toronto, Australian customs officials at the Brisbane Airport seized 45 copies of his new book, The Peaceful Pill Handbook, which contains...
by APFLI | May 16, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Euthanasia advocates in the Netherlands are proposing establishing new suicide clinics similar to the ones the pro-euthanasia group Dignitas runs in Switzerland that have generated so much controversy. The Dutch pressure group Right to Die NL (NVVE) is investigating...
by APFLI | May 16, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
[This article appears flippant. However, the information is worth ignoring the flippancy.] Electric circuits will break your heart every time. Take my cellphone (please): it went out in the rain a few weeks ago and then lay neglected in a sopping wet coat pocket...
by APFLI | May 15, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
NEXT week, voters in Massachusetts will decide whether to adopt an assisted-suicide law. As a good pro-choice liberal, I ought to support the effort. But as a lifelong disabled person, I cannot. There are solid arguments in favor. No one will be coerced into taking a...
