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In Case You Missed It… |
| Terminal sedation in Holland more used than euthanasia... |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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” |
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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 |
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Assisted Suicide Bill, AB 374 Still a Bad Prescription for Californians |
| May 22, 2007 |
| As support for the bill wanes, proponents offer grasp for |
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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 |
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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. |
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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.... |
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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." |
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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 ... |
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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 |
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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... |
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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... |
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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. |
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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... |
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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 ... |
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State sidesteps 'suicide' in report |
| October 23, 2006 |
| If a terminally ill person takes an overdose of prescription medicine... |
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Study Shows Doctors Affected by Euthanasia Practice |
| October 20, 2006 |
| A new study reported by the Physicians for Compassionate Care reveals... |
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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. |
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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 |
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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" |
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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 |
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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 |
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Why many disabled fight assisted suicide |
| February 09, 2006 |
| Bill would let doctors prescribe lethal drugs to the terminally ill |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Assisting suicides is bad law, policy |
| October 25, 2005 |
| Sacramento is considering creating an Oregon-style system to end lives |
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Barbara Coombs Lee and Assisted Suicide Advocates Exploit Hurricane Katrina |
| September 15, 2005 |
| (Sacramento) – Barbara Coombs Lee, along with her euthanasia advocacy group |
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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 |
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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 |
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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: |
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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 |
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What Legislators Are Saying about Doctor Assisted Suicide |
| April 18, 2005 |
| “While I understand and sympathize with all the reasons supporters of AB 654 |
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Another view: The flaws in Oregon's suicide law |
| April 17, 2005 |
| Contrary to the assertions of proponents of assisted suicide |
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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 |
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More Assisted Suicide Complications and Questions |
| March 30, 2005 |
| One Suicide Doctor in Oregon writes lethal prescriptions after "telephone conversations" |
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California Medical Association Opposes Physician Assisted Suicide |
| March 23, 2005 |
| At their annual House of Delegates meeting the California Medical Association voted |
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Assisted suicide is poor policy |
| February 28, 2005 |
| Outside of ethical issues, legalizing euthanasia brings a host of secondary evils |
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Analysis of AB 654 |
| February 17, 2005 |
| AB 654 would legalize assisted suicide |
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Doctor-assisted suicide bill fades at Legislature |
| February 06, 2005 |
| After an emotional six-hour hearing with more than 1,000 people |
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Doctor-assisted suicide proposed in Assembly |
| January 29, 2005 |
| North coast Assemblywoman Patty Berg is co-sponsoring a bill that would legalize |
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Death with vanity |
| January 04, 2005 |
| THERE IS TRUE ROT in a state that regards those who want to kill the sick |
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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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