International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

Addressing the issues of euthanasia, assisted suicide, advance directives, assisted suicide proposals, "right-to-die" assisted suicide in Oregon, cases, euthanasia practices in the Netherlands, disability rights, pain control and much, much more.

What's New...

Funding for assisted suicide (5/13/08)
Assisted suicide advocacy groups and the campaign spokesperson have contributed more than half of the $1,076,233 that the "Yes on I 1000" campaign committee reported receiving through 4/30/08. I-1000 is a proposed Washington state ballot initiative that is virtually identical to Oregon's assisted-suicide law.

"I make it look like they died in their sleep," (Guardian, London, 5/12/08)
West Virginia minister, George Exoo acknowledges assisting the deaths of more than 100 people, most of whom were not terminally ill, but were depressed and in need of psychiatric help.

"Oregon's Trojan Horse"
Why hasn't Oregon expanded its assisted-suicide law yet?

"Physician-Assisted Suicide in Oregon: A Medical Perspective,"
Herbert Hendin, M.D. and Kathleen Foley, M.D. (Michigan Law Review, Vol. 106; 8, June 2008).
While previous articles have examined assisted suicide from legal and ethical perspectives, this article examines the Oregon law from a medical perspective. The authors found that seemingly reasonable safeguards which were written into the Oregon law for the care and protection of terminally ill patients, do not appear to have achieved their purpose.

"Euthanasia: False Light"
View the ITF's compelling 15-minute video, the winner of two prestigious national Telly Awards. Narrated by actor, Joseph Campanella, the video looks at euthanasia and assisted suicide through the eyes of five people -- three patients, a doctor, and a hospice nurse, all of whom speak from their hearts, not from a script.

2007 legislative measures to legalize assisted-suicide.
Most of the 2007 proposals are virtually identical to Oregon's assisted-suicide law. Such attempts are not new.
From 1994 through 2007, 89 legislative proposals in 22 states that would have legalized assisted suicide have failed.

"Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide & Health Care Decisions: Protecting Yourself & Your Family."
• Table of Contents
• Part 1: Detailed and extensively documented report about the latest in attempts to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia, along with practical tips for addressing these topics. (82.6 Kb)
• Part 2: Facts and practical information about advance directives including the difference between the Living Will and the Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care. (51.3 Kb)

To obtain the Protective Medical Decisions Document (the ITF's durable power of attorney for health care), call 740-282-3810 or 800-958-5678 between 8:30am and 4:30pm (eastern time).

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International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
PO Box 760 - Steubenville, OH 43952
740-282-3810