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Assisted Suicide

"Mercy Killing": When Love & Law Conflict

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Murder, Medical Ethics, Jim Fish, Politics, Montana, Right to Die, Crime, Assisted Suicide, Jack Kevorkian, Washington, Oregon, Paul Weinstein, Euthanasia, Bioethics, Health Care, Politics News
Jacob M. Appel

The blame in two murder cases rests squarely with a society that forces devoted husbands and wives to choose between the welfare of their spouses and the letter of the law.

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Big Sky Dilemma: Must Doctors Help Their Patients Die?

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Montana, Politics, Leukemia, Conscience Clause, Constitutional Law, Human Rights, Assisted Suicide, Health, Constitituton, Doctors, Bioethics, Medicine, Healthcare, Politics News
Jacob M. Appel

Mandating that physicians aid in dying should be a last resort. Montana should explore other, less-invasive means of ensuring that all citizens are guaranteed their constitutional right to die.

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The Ultimate Prescription: Make Us Decide How We Want To Die

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Medical Ethics, Senior Citizens, Assisted Suicide, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Medicare, Bioethics, Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jacob M. Appel

While all Americans should have a right to decide how they want their lives to end, it does not follow that they should be able to avoid confronting such a choice.

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Next: Assisted Suicide for Healthy People

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Medical Ethics, Law, Politics, Switzerland, Human Rights, Assisted Suicide, Health, Bioethics, Health Care, Medicine, Privacy, Canada, Politics News
Jacob M. Appel

If Betty Coumbias had only six months left to live and expressed a desire to die, most assisted-suicide advocates would support her cause. Why should she have any less control over her life because she is in good health?

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AMA Opposition and the Path Ahead

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama, American Medical Association, Barbara Coombs Lee, Assisted Suicide, Aid in Dying, Politics News
Barbara Coombs Lee

With so many doctors supporting it, who stands against empowering dying patients? Four hundred thirty physicians in the AMA House of Delegates who craft its policy.

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Linda Fleming: Wash. State Suicide Law Sees First Death

AP | RACHEL LA CORTE | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Washington Assisted Suicide, Compassion and Choices, Linda Fleming, Assisted Suicide, Assisted Suicide Law, Politics News

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A 66-year-old woman with terminal cancer has become the first person to die under Washington state's new assisted suicide law, ...

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Dignitas Clinic: Couple Die Together In Suicide Pact

Times Online | Simon De Bruxelles | Posted 04.06.2009 | World

Read More: Peter Duff, Penny Duff, Assisted Suicide, Swiss Clinic, Dignitas Clinic, Peter Penny Duff, Assisted Suicide Switzerland, Assisted Suicide Abroad, World News

A wealthy British couple who both had terminal cancer have committed suicide together at the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland. ...

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Nobody Gets Arrested for Assisted Suicide in Oregon

Tom D'Antoni | Posted 03.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Assisted Suicide, Death With Dignity, Suicide Group, Assisted Suicide Group, Georgia, Final Exit Network, Living News
Tom D'Antoni

Thankfully, none of us in Oregon have to face either arrest nor a terribly painful lingering death if we don't want to. The voters twice agreed to our Death with Dignity law.

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Final Exit Network: 4 Members Of Assisted Suicide Group Arrested

AP | GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 03.29.2009 | Home

Read More: Assisted Suicide Group, Suicide Group, Assisted Suicide, Final Exit Network, Home News

ATLANTA — Joining the Final Exit Network costs $50, and the privileges of membership include this: When you're ready to die, the organization wi...

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British Television To Air Assisted Suicide

Daily Mail | Posted 01.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Assisted Suicide, Craig Ewert Suicide, Craig Ewert, Media News

These shocking photographs show the moment tragic Craig Ewert draws his last breath after he opted for assisted suicide rather than spend the rest of ...

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Montana: Assisted Suicide Ruled Legal

AP | AMY BETH HANSON | Posted 01.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Suicide, Assisted Suicide, Doctor Assisted Suicide, Montana, Montana Judge, Montana Judge Ruling Suicide, Montana Assisted Suicide, Oregon, Politics News

HELENA, Mont. — A Montana judge has ruled that doctor-assisted suicides are legal in the state, a decision likely to be appealed as the state ar...

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Election 2008 Odds and Ends -- Waiting for Missouri and Alaska, Pro-Marijuana Initiatives and More...

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, Vote Count, Ted Stevens, Ballot, Begich, Marijuana, Washington, Mail-In, Barney Frank, Dea, Provisional, Joe Biden 2008, Oregon, Medical Marijuana, Bilingual Education, Decriminalization, Mccain, Obama, Campaign, Sewage Plant, Missouri, President, Sarah Palin, English, Mark Begich, Stevens, Schedule I, Show Me the Votes, Dog Racing, Schedule II, Runoff, Saxby Chambliss, Laura Egerdal, Election 2008 Coverage, John McCain, Alaska, Assisted Suicide, Chambliss, 2008 Elections, 08, Election Results, 2008 Election, Official Language, Minnesota, Barack Obama, Biden, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Certified, Decriminalize, Vote, Palin, Barack, 2008 Presidential Race, Georgia, San Francisco, George W Bush, Recount, Absentee, Doctor, Jim Martin, Margin, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Chris Weigant

We have had a virtual news blackout on what is going on in the two states we're waiting for -- Missouri's presidential results, and Alaska's senatorial results. Here is what I managed to find out.

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