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NEWS ABOUT: assisted suicide

assisted suicide stories: 21 news summaries

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 Swiss Crack Down 
 on 'Suicide Tourism' 

Assisted suicides to be restricted to the terminally ill

Oct 29, 09 3:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Swiss authorities are trying to cut back on the numbers of people swarming its borders with the intention of dying. The government plans to cut back or even ban assisted suicide amid concerns that too many people—some of them not suffering terminal illnesses—are traveling to Switzerland for assisted... More »

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suicide • assisted suicide • Switzerland • euthanasia • Dignitas • terminal illness • Edward Downes • Joan Downes

Swiss Politicians Battle 'Suicide Tourism'

As Britain eases rules, Switzerland fears rush of ill bent on killing themselves

Sep 21, 09 5:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Swiss politicians have stepped up efforts to battle "suicide tourism" as British officials prepare to announce new rules expected to make it easier for citizens to cross borders to die, reports the Independent. Some 115 Britons have died at assisted suicide operations run by Dignitas in Switzerland. Assisted suicide... More »

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suicide • assisted suicide • Switzerland • Dignitas • multiple sclerosis • Britain • clinic

 Montana May Be 1st 
 to Make Suicide a Right 

If affirmed, state would be first to guarantee right constitutionally

Sep 1, 09 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Montana Supreme Court tomorrow will take up the issue of—and likely affirm the right to—assisted suicide, the New York Times reports. The case is being brought on behalf of Robert Baxter, who died last year from leukemia after fighting for the right to end his own... More »

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Montana • privacy • assisted suicide • constitution • constitutionality • Montana Supreme Court • Robert Baxter

OPINION

 Ezekiel Emanuel 
 No 'Doctor Death' 

Reform opponents grossly distort bioethicist's record

Aug 11, 09 10:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - To hear conservative bloggers tell it, Ezekiel Emanuel, Rahm’s brother, is a bean-counting euthanasia enthusiast who wants to deny care for the disabled. The New York Post dubbed him a “deadly doctor,” and Sarah Palin warned supporters to fear his “Orwellian thinking.” It’s... More »

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assisted suicide • euthanasia • rationing • health care reform • Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel • medical ethics

British MS
Victim Wins Key Right-to-Die Ruling

Court orders that current law be clarified

Jul 31, 09 7:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British woman has won her legal battle to force the government to clarify its law on assisted suicide, the Guardian reports. Multiple sclerosis sufferer Debbie Purdy, whose health is deteriorating, wants to travel to a Swiss euthanasia clinic to die when her condition becomes unbearable. Britain's highest court agreed... More »

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assisted suicide • euthanasia • multiple sclerosis • Britain • right to die • Debbie Purdy

(Newser) - Anti-suicide campaigners fear that the death of a British conductor and his wife in a Swiss suicide clinic this week will cause a rise in "together forever" suicides among the elderly, the Times of London reports. Edmund Downes, 85, chose to die alongside his terminally ill wife. Church groups... More »

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suicide • assisted suicide • euthanasia • conductor • Edward Downes • Joan Downes

obituary

Conductor Downes, Wife End Lives in Swiss Suicide Clinic

Couple faced failing health

Jul 14, 09 10:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - British conductor Edward Downes and his wife, Joan, have died at a Swiss suicide clinic, ending their lives “under circumstances of their own choosing,” the couple’s children said today. Downes, 85, was largely blind and Joan, 74, had cancer, the Times of London reports, which their children... More »

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cancer • classical music • assisted suicide • obituary • blindness • Sydney Opera House • Royal Opera House • conductor • Giuseppe Verdi • Edward Downes • Joan Downes

(Newser) - Some 800 Brits have signed up to commit suicide at a controversial Swiss clinic, reports the Guardian. The terminally ill patients have become members of Dignitas so they can travel to Zurich when the time comes to take a drug overdose. The number of British residents crossing the border for... More »

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suicide • health • politics • assisted suicide • Switzerland • Dignitas • Zurich • Britain

Woman First to Use Washington Suicide Law

Cancer patient, 66, takes lethal dose under Death with Dignity Act

May 22, 09 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 66-year-old woman became the first to opt for physician-assisted suicide under Washington state’s new death-with-dignity law, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. Suffering from stage 4 pancreatic cancer, Linda Fleming took a lethal dose of medication last night, surrounded by her family, doctor and dog. More »

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assisted suicide • euthanasia • Washington state • Linda Fleming

Clinic Wants
to Help Healthy Woman Kill Self

Swiss founder argues option shouldn't be
only for terminally ill

Apr 3, 09 9:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - The founder of a Swiss assisted-suicide center thinks the Brits are too narrow-minded about the service he offers—it should be available to everyone, not just the terminally ill. The center has sparked an uproar in Britain over plans to help a healthy woman kill herself, the Times of London... More »

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assisted suicide • Switzerland • euthanasia • Dignitas

Suicide Group May Have Helped 130
Kill Selves

Four members face charges in Georgia

Feb 26, 09 7:20 PM CST
(Newser) - A group that helps people commit suicide with helium gas may have had a role in more than 130 deaths, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. That revelation surfaced in a court document related to the arrest yesterday of four members of the Final Exit group. The four suspects, two from Georgia... More »

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 Pope Scolds Pelosi on Abortion 

Pelosi aides, Vatican have differing take on meeting

Feb 18, 09 4:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Pope Benedict didn't beat around the bush in his short meeting with Nancy Pelosi today. He lectured the Catholic House speaker about her liberal views on abortion and assisted suicide, the Vatican says. Pelosi's aides, however, focused on brighter moments: She showed the pontiff photos of her grandkids and discussed... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • abortion • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • assisted suicide • Bill Maher Grid

 UK TV Broadcasts 
 an Assisted Suicide 

UK debates right to die after terminally ill patient euthanized

Dec 11, 08 10:38 AM CST
(Newser) - A documentary that aired on Sky TV last night showed an assisted suicide, stirring up a major debate in Britain about the right to die and the responsibility of television programmers, the Independent reports. Craig Ewert, 59, who suffered from motor neuron disease, traveled to a Swiss clinic, drank a... More »

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television • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • assisted suicide • euthanasia • Dignitas • documentary • Britain • Bill Maher Grid

Brazilian Trader Shoots Himself at Exchange

He clings to life after suicide attempt in wake of plunging market

Nov 18, 08 4:28 AM CST
(Newser) - A Brazilian trader was in critical condition after shooting himself in the chest on the floor of the nation's commodities and futures exchange yesterday. The tragedy occurred in the raucous interest rate futures pit, where some $21 billion in contracts are traded daily. Brazil's main stock index has plunged 50%... More »

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stock market • suicide • Brazil • assisted suicide • Sao Paolo • stock exchange • Great Depression • financial crisis

Kevorkian's Congressional Bid Advances

'Dr Death' gets enough signatures to be on Michigan ballot

Jul 8, 08 8:38 AM CDT
(AP) - 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 • physician • assisted suicide • Michigan • Dr. Death • ballots • Jack Kevorkian • Bill Maher Grid

Kevorkian Declares Bid
for House Seat

Assisted suicide advocate vows to
tout individual rights

Mar 24, 08 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Euthanasia advocate Jack Kevorkian declared a bid for Congress in Detroit today, the Detroit Free Press reports. In a free-wheeling press conference, he admitted to being apolitical but vowed to trumpet individual rights in his campaign. “You can’t take my innate rights away from me without a fight,... More »

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Detroit • assisted suicide • House of Representatives • euthanasia • right to die • Jack Kevorkian • Ninth Amendment to the Bill of Rights • Bill Maher Grid

Dr. Death Set to
Make House Call

Kevorkian plans to run for Congress as a Michigan independent
 

Mar 12, 08 2:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Congress • murder • assisted suicide • Michigan • Jack Kevorkian • Bill Maher Grid

Legal Assisted Suicide Hasn't Led to Abuse

Study of Oregon, Netherlands finds fears to be unfounded

Sep 27, 07 2:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Swiss Neighbors Demand End to Assisted Death

Angered by stream of bodies and ambulances at housing complex

Jul 13, 07 5:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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assisted suicide • Switzerland • Dignitas • Zurich

Prison Hasn't Mellowed
Dr. Death

Kevorkian's outraged
at meager progress on  assisted suicides

Jun 4, 07 6:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jack Kevorkian, who was paroled Friday after 8 years in prison, says he won't be involved in any more suicides—except perhaps his own. "When I’m going to do it, I’m going to do it right,” he tells the New York Times. But prison hasn't blunted... More »

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suicide • prison • murder • Jack Kervorkian • assisted suicide • death • Dr. Death • Oregon • Jack Kevorkian

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