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Terminal sedation in Holland more used than euthanasia...



In California Assisted Suicide Advocates Again Undermine Medicine
March 28, 2008
For shame! Assemblywoman Patti Berg and Assemblyman Lloyd Levine are at it again in the California Legislature.



Gregoire won't support Gardner on suicide measure
January 8, 2008
Former Gov. Booth Gardner on Wednesday plans to return to Olympia to file an assisted suicide initiative.



Why assisted suicide fails
July 5, 2007
Over the past three years, one of the most pressing issues faced by people with disabilities and the medical community in California was assisted suicide.



For the third time in three years, Assisted Suicide fails to get support in the Assembly
June 7, 2007
Sacramento Bee Reports, “Assembly Shelves Assisted Suicide Legislation”



The goal of AB374 is to create not one, but hundreds of Jack Kevorkians
May 31, 2007
Assisted Suicide bill opens the door to a new medical specialty - Assisted Suicide



Assisted Suicide Bill, AB 374 Still a Bad Prescription for Californians
May 22, 2007
As support for the bill wanes, proponents offer grasp for



Two People, Two Deadly Diseases, Two Opponents United Against Assisted Suicide
May 14, 2007
A perspective from individuals with AIDS and Lou Gehrig’s Disease



The HMO choice Assisted Suicide versus Care
April 25, 2007
According to hospice and healthcare data, the majority of expense in patient care is during the last year of life.



Polls differ on assisted suicide
April 5, 2007
The League of United Latin American Citizens is circulating a poll by Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin & Associates about an assisted-suicide measure making its way through the California Legislature....



Dr. Catherine Campisi, former Director of the California Department of Rehabilitation Joins Effort Against Assisted Suicide
March 27, 2007
"Assisted suicide is a direct threat to anyone that is viewed as a significant cost liability to public or private healthcare providers."



Oregon report informs assisted-suicide debate
March 8, 2007
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Backers of a proposal to allow terminally ill Californians to hasten their deaths with lethal drugs pointed Thursday to legalized assisted suicide in Oregon, where a new report shows it is used sparingly ...



Opposition will again be diverse and aggressive in battle against California Assisted Suicide
February 15, 2007
New bill target for fourth defeat in eight years



Assisted-suicide bill in death throes
February 8, 2007
A proposal to legalize physician-assisted suicide in Hawaii met with overwhelming opposition at a state House hearing last night, and it appeared unlikely to survive the legislative session...



Swiss court extends physician-assisted suicide to incurable mental patients
February 3, 2007
The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland [official website, in German] ruled Friday that people with serious mental illnesses may be permitted to commit physician-assisted suicide under certain conditions...



Summary of all legislative efforts to legalize Assisted Suicide in the United States in 2007
Euthanasia & Assisted-Suicide Measures Proposed (2007)
In keeping with the new strategy adopted by assisted-suicide advocates, the bills would permit assisted-suicide or euthanasia, although some of the proposals appear benign at first glance.



Euthanasia supporters march in Arizona
January 24, 2007
Protestors came to the Capitol today with a message - the terminally ill should have a right to end their life with dignity and it appears an euthanasia movement is growing in Arizona ...



De-stigmatize assisted suicide
January 8, 2007
In considering the 2007 legislative agenda, the Vermont Alliance for Ethical Healthcare believes a priority should be placed on access to and funding for good ...



State sidesteps 'suicide' in report
October 23, 2006
If a terminally ill person takes an overdose of prescription medicine...



Study Shows Doctors Affected by Euthanasia Practice
October 20, 2006
A new study reported by the Physicians for Compassionate Care reveals...



Commentary: The Case Against Physician-Assisted Suicide: For the Right to End-of-Life Care
February 2004, Vol. XXI, Issue 2
Euthanasia is a word coined from Greek in the 17th century to refer to an easy, painless, happy death.



Physicians for Compassionate Care Education Foundation
TESTIMONY OF N. GREGORY HAMILTON, M.D.
Individual Healthcare Professional AND their professional organizations are actively fighting against this proposed legislation



Euthanasia and Physcian-Assisted Suicide Are They Clinically Necessary?
Ethical Issues in Palliative Care
Euthanasia. Euthanasia is defined as "a deliberate intervention undertaken with the express intention of ending a life so as to relieve intractable suffering"



Bill to Legalize Assisted Suicide Rejected by Senate Judiciary Committee
June 27, 2006
Doctors, Hospice, Disability Rights Advocates and Members of Broad Coalition Declare Big Victory



Doctors, Nurses and Health Professionals from Across California OPPOSE Assisted Suicide AB 651
June 26, 2006
Individual Healthcare Professional AND their professional organizations are actively fighting against this proposed legislation



Doctors and Nurses from Across California OPPOSE Assisted Suicide AB 651
May 08, 2006
Individual Healthcare Professionals AND their professional organizations are actively fighting against this proposed legislation



New Poll Shows California Latinos Overwhelmingly OPPOSE Doctor-Assisted Suicide
March 07, 2006
A recent survey of Latinos across California indicates that 64 percent oppose doctor-assisted suicide



Why many disabled fight assisted suicide
February 09, 2006
Bill would let doctors prescribe lethal drugs to the terminally ill



FREED Independent Living Resource Center Joins Coalition AGAINST Assisted Suicide
January 30, 2006
Over two dozen state and national disability rights organizations oppose Assisted Suicide and AB 651 (Berg/Levine)



California Association for Health Services at Home Joins Coalition AGAINST Assisted Suicide
January 25, 2006
They add their names to the diverse and large opposition to AB 651 (Berg/Levine)



Disability Rights Leaders Express OPPOSITION to Assisted Suicide Bill AB 651 (Berg/Levine)
January 05, 2006
In their words: "Despite claims by supporters of assisted suicide, a close examination of the experience



Disability Rights Advocates Set to Launch Aggressive Effort to Stop Berg/Levine Suicide Bill
January 03, 2006
AB 651 is a monumental threat to the freedoms and safety of disabled Californians



Letter to the Editor: Laura Remson Mitchell Legislative Coordinator, California Disability Alliance
November 17, 2005
In a recent commentary [Capitol Weekly, Nov. 10], Assembly Member Patty Berg's press secretary, Will Shuck



Assisting suicides is bad law, policy
October 25, 2005
Sacramento is considering creating an Oregon-style system to end lives



Barbara Coombs Lee and Assisted Suicide Advocates Exploit Hurricane Katrina
September 15, 2005
(Sacramento) – Barbara Coombs Lee, along with her euthanasia advocacy group



Suicide Advocates Admit Defeat, Drop Bill Bill would have authorized doctors to help kill patients
July 11, 2005
Bill would have authorized doctors to help kill patients



Author Amends Bill: Replaces Health Care for Chronically Ill Poor with Assisted Suicide
June 07, 2005
AB 651, formerly addressing MediCal chronic disease management is now California Assisted Suicide legislation



Opposition to Assisted Suicide is Broad and Diverse
May 26, 2005
Excerpts from Today’s News Asssemblymember Leland Yee, Ph.D., in the SF Chronicle:



Gallup Poll: Doctor Assisted Suicide Support Falls Below 50%
May 17, 2005
(Sacramento) – A poll released by the Gallup Organization based on telephone interviews with 1,005



What Legislators Are Saying about Doctor Assisted Suicide
April 18, 2005
“While I understand and sympathize with all the reasons supporters of AB 654



Another view: The flaws in Oregon's suicide law
April 17, 2005
Contrary to the assertions of proponents of assisted suicide



Australian Feminist/Lecturer Writes on the Biases of Doctor Assisted Suicide
April 15, 2005
Katrina George: We should try to ease their pain, not help them die



More Assisted Suicide Complications and Questions
March 30, 2005
One Suicide Doctor in Oregon writes lethal prescriptions after "telephone conversations"



California Medical Association Opposes Physician Assisted Suicide
March 23, 2005
At their annual House of Delegates meeting the California Medical Association voted



Assisted suicide is poor policy
February 28, 2005
Outside of ethical issues, legalizing euthanasia brings a host of secondary evils



Analysis of AB 654
February 17, 2005
AB 654 would legalize assisted suicide



Doctor-assisted suicide bill fades at Legislature
February 06, 2005
After an emotional six-hour hearing with more than 1,000 people



Doctor-assisted suicide proposed in Assembly
January 29, 2005
North coast Assemblywoman Patty Berg is co-sponsoring a bill that would legalize



Death with vanity
January 04, 2005
THERE IS TRUE ROT in a state that regards those who want to kill the sick



Poll: Physician-Assisted Suicide
November 24, 2004
(CBS) As the U.S. Department of Justice challenges before the U.S. Supreme Court Oregon’s law


 










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