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  • July 2008

    • Kevorkian's Congressional Bid Advances

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 8, 08 8:38 AM CDT

      Kevorkian's Congressional Bid Advances

      Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian has collected enough signatures to be on the November ballot as a congressional candidate in Michigan. The Oakland County elections director says Kevorkian had about 3,200 valid signatures—about 200 more than needed. More »

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      Congress  • Michigan  • physician  • assisted suicide  • physician assisted suicide  • Jack Kevorkian  • ballots  • Dr. Death

  • March 2008

    • Dr. Death Set to Make House Call

      newser  |  Oakland (Mich.) Press  |  Mar 12, 08 2:28 PM CDT

      Dr. Death Set to Make House Call

      Jack Kevorkian, the Michigan doctor who says he's helped at least 130 die and who's been convicted of second-degree murder in one such assisted suicide, says he plans to run for Congress in a Detroit suburb, the Oakland (Mich.) Press reports. Kevorkian, 79, will make an independent bid against the incumbent Republican; he’ll need 3,000 signatures to get on the ballot. More »

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      Congress  • murder  • Michigan  • assisted suicide  • Jack Kevorkian

  • September 2007

    • Legal Assisted Suicide Hasn't Led to Abuse

      newser  |  BBC  |  Sep 27, 07 2:57 PM CDT

      Legal Assisted Suicide Hasn't Led to Abuse

      Fears that legalizing physician-assisted suicide would lead to its use on unwilling, disabled people are unfounded, concludes a new study conducted in Oregon and the Netherlands, where the practice is legal. Researchers scoured hundreds of cases for any kind of bias, finding, “no evidence to justify the grave and important concern often expressed about the potential for abuse.” More »

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      cancer  • research  • Netherlands  • Oregon  • euthanasia  • assisted suicide  • physician assisted suicide

  • July 2007

    • Swiss Neighbors Demand End to Assisted Death

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 13, 07 5:24 AM CDT

      Swiss Neighbors Demand End to Assisted Death

      Neighbors of an organization that has become the center of Switzerland's "assisted suicide tourism" have demanded an end to the deaths in their housing complex, the Guardian reports. Residents complain about the stream of ambulances and bodies that have disturbed their sleep for 9 years as some 700 people have committed suicide with the help of Dignitas. More »

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      Switzerland  • assisted suicide  • Zurich

  • June 2007
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