INDEX

Volume 10, Number 1 (January-March 1996)

Ninth Circuit creates constitutional "right to die"

IAETF video wins two national awards

Kevorkian acquitted of violating expired statute

Kevorkian and His Poisonous Gas: By Eric M. Chevlen

Honor thy father: A Klooster case update

IAETF submits brief on the constitutionality of Oregon's assisted-suicide measure

States grapple with assisted suicide

Doctors in two states polled on assisted suicide

Commentary: No Blank Bullets: By Nancy Valko

Religious groups take positions on induced death practices

International News

Volume 10, Number 2 (April 1996)

Second Circuit Court of Appeals rules NY assisted-suicide laws unconstitutional

Ninth Circuit may reconsider right-to-die ruling

What they're saying about the two Circuit Court decisions....

Settlement reached in Klooster case

Increasing suicide rate among elderly

Assisted-suicide cases, current and pending

News from around the world

Legal news notes

Studies show patients' preference for CPR and care

Medical news round-up

Volume 10, Number 3 (May-June 1996)

15 states file joint brief in support of NY's appeal to US Supreme Court

AMA resoundingly rejects physician-assisted suicide

Supreme Court extends stay on Ninth Circuit ruling

Judge Hogan stands firm on injunction barring Measure 16 from taking effect

Patients in pain less likely to favor euthanasia or assisted suicide

Kevorkian turns Michigan into death capital

Commentary: Not Dead Yet by Nat Hentoff

House subcommittee conducts hearing on assisted suicide (Short excerpts from some testimony)

Klooster case update: Ruth gets husband back

George Delury goes to jail and becomes celebrity spokesperson for right to die

Questionable survey published on nurses and euthanasia

The fate of Australia's Northern Territory euthanasia law seriously in question

Canadian doctor charged with assisted suicide

Volume 10, Number 4 (July-September 1996)

IAETF is on the World Wide Web

Kevorkian: A predator on the loose

Commentary: Controlling the fatal nudge. By Rita L. Marker

Depressed people seek out negative feedback

Major right-to-die cases: An update

Rhode Island passes law to ban assisted suicide

Oregon doctor accused of involuntary euthanasia

Tragedy compounded: Joe Cruzan commits suicide

Studies reveal disturbing facts and attitudes regarding PVS patients

Australia's euthanasia law may be overturned

Doctors found age biased on DNR orders and health care provision

Volume 10, Number 5 (October-November 1996)

U.S. Supreme Court to rule on constitutionality of assisted suicide

U.S. House subcommittee chair issues report on Dutch euthanasia and assisted suicide

Act to prohibit federal funding of assisted suicide introduced

Kevorkian saga continues: New deaths, new charges, new facts

Commentary: A High Quad Answers Kevorkian's "Quality of Life" Theory. By Mark O'Brien

Hospice poll finds majority would not opt for assisted suicide

Most frail elderly oppose physician-assisted suicide and may be at odds with family members

A life in peril: Update on the Klooster case

Medical groups contemplate assisted suicide guidelines

Australia sees first euthanasia death as federal government moves to repeal law

Volume 10, Number 6 (December 1996)

Special Report: Veterinary euthanasia drug may be intended for human use

Australian Parliament's lower house passes bill to overturn NT euthanasia law

Dutch put a rosy spin on new euthanasia studies

Numerous briefs opposing assisted suicide reach U.S. Supreme Court

News Notes

Volume 11, Number 1 (January-February 1997)

FDA charges policy to allow experimentation on some patients without consent

IAETF Report: Supreme Court hears oral arguments in right-to-die cases

Protests lodged against MSU's euthanasia drug patent

Florida judge rules AIDS patient can be assisted to die

Kevorkian: Legal battle and deaths continue

Australia grappling with euthanasia law

Editorial: Risking young lives

Depression seriously undertreated in U.S.

News of Note

Volume 11, Number 2 (March-May 1997)

Australian Parliament overturns euthanasia law

Oregon House votes to put Measure 16 back on ballot

Oregon and Michigan doctors change policies related to assisted suicide

U.S. bans federal funding of assisted suicide and euthanasia

IAETF Report: Florida Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Krischer v. McIver

Assisted-suicide advocate says he suffocated his disabled wife

Kevorkian revisited: An update

Commentary: Our lives are important by Robert Salamanca

Dutch euthanasia "guidelines" not enforced

Colombian Constitutional Court Oks euthanasia

IAETF attorney authors new book

Volume 11, Number 3 (June-July 1997)

No Constitutional right to assisted suicide: U.S. Supreme Court

No Constitutional right to assisted suicide: Florida Supreme Court

Oregon's Measure 16 referred back to voters for repeal

Michigan developments: Fieger's misconduct prompts mistrial and a call to action

Michigan developments: Kevorkian's unofficial body count keeps rising

Michigan developments: Assisted-suicide petition drive launched

Psychiatrists add to mounting evidence of Dutch plunge down euthanasia's slippery slope

Euthanasia Cases in the News:Oregon: Dr. James Gallant

Euthanasia Cases in the News:Florida: Dr. Ernesto Pinzon-Reyes

Euthanasia Cases in the News:Canada: Dr. Nancy Morrison

Euthanasia Cases in the News: England: Drs. Michael Irwin & David Moor

Special Report: Oregon takes a closer look at assisted suicide

More about the flaws in Measure 16

Michigan creates its very own nightmare

Twisted values of assisted suicide: A Wesley Smith commentary

HMOs may be skimping on stroke treatment

The ultimate spin on managed care

Special Report: Oregon's Death Wish - The Vote and the Aftermath
   Introduction
   The Vote
   The Aftermath
   Privatizing Assisted Suicide
   DEA Enters the Fray
   Pharmacists and Physicians at Odds
   PAS, Health Plans, and Cost-Containment
   Moving in for the Kill
   Minimizing Differences & Exporting Death as Palliative Care
   Putting it into Perspective

Michigan Senate Passes Anti-Assisted-Suicide Bill

A Tale of Two Doctors

Latimer Convicted Again, but Sentence Reduced

Seeking the Death of Robert Wendland: A Wesley Smith Commentary

Editor's Update: Robert Wendland Spared

Prescription death: Oregon struggles to implement new law
   Professional PAS guidelines issued
   A question of degree... and much more
   Learning from the Dutch
   Offering death to Oregon’s poor as comfort care

More PAS Guidebook Quotes

Ruling in Lee v. Oregon delayed

Final word on DEA ruling pending

Not Dead Yet protests Hemlock Society's euthanasia policy

Commentary: Killing the Dying Is Not Palliative Care by Eric M. Chevlen, M.D.

Michigan: Battlelines forming over assisted-suicide issue
   Merian's Friends wants PAS on ballot and Kevorkian out of the picture
   Kevorkian scorns timid prosecutors
   Kevorkian's master plan
   The sorcerer's apprentice
   Death on demand
   Michigan Legislature passes ban

Reported KEVORKIAN VICTIMS since last Update

News Notes: Canada

News Notes: Washington State

News Notes: Florida

News Notes: New York

Reno reverses DEA ruling
   Ruling flawed
   Law restricts oversight

Bill to Ban Assisted Suicide Introduced in Congress

Assisted Suicide Battle Heats up in Michigan
   Merian's Friends submits initiative signatures
   Opposition mounts
   Hemlock Society helps launch campaign as Not Dead Yet protests

Poll Shows Support for Assisted Suicide Slipping

Kevorkian Adds Kidney Harvesting to Assisted Suicide Agenda

Latest Kevorkian Victims

Research in Review
   Doctors surveyed on induced deaths
   Big drop in support for assisted suicide and euthanasia among cancer specialists
   Pain not primary factor in assisted suicide or euthanasia requests
   Cost-conscious doctors more likely to participate in assisted suicides

Researcher changes stand on assisted suicide

News Notes
   Canadian physician convicted of assisted suicide
   Potassium chloride death still under investigation in Canada
   British doctor charged with mercy killing
   Australia's Dr. Death developing suicide pill
   Kevorkian's attorney wants to be Michigan's governor
   Hawaiian panel urges legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide

Measure to legalize assisted suicide in Michigan on November ballot
   A war of words
   The campaign
   A closer look at Proposal B

Shedding Light on Michigan's Proposal B

Kevorkian's lawyer runs as Democratic nominee for governor

Kevorkian to go on trial again

Oregon issues sketchy first report on assisted suicide deaths

Federal judge reluctantly dismisses suicide law case

Congressional bills to ban lethal prescriptions spark debate

Excerpts from House Judiciary Subcommittee Testimony on H.R. 4006
   In favor of H.R. 4006
   In opposition to H.R. 4006

Excerpts from Senate Judiciary Committee Testimony on S. 2151
   In favor of S. 2151
   In opposition to S. 2151

Research in Review
   Doctors who induce patients' deaths often don't follow proposed guidelines
   Attitudes of ALS patients and caregivers toward assisted suicide
   8-step protocol proposed for evaluating patients who request assisted suicide

News Notes
   Hugh Finn dies in Virginia after food and water withdrawn
   Mary Martin says disabled husband could be an organ donor
   Hospice administrator helps healthy elderly woman die
   Germany: Hospice accuses Medical Council of promoting assisted death
   Australian doctor announces plans for euthanasia clinic
   Chicago doctor on leave of absence after suspected euthanasia death
   Not Dead Yet founder receives national award

Kevorkian faces murder and other charges
   First jury conviction
   Packaging murder
   Kevorkian charged with murder
   State to charge Kevorkian, too

Michigan voters overwhelmingly reject assisted suicide measure
   Proposal B Vote demographics

Oregon adopts official policy to cover assisted suicide measure   

Commentary: Futile Care: Who Decides? by Wesley J. Smith

Commentary: Productive in His Own Way by George T. Crane

Australia
   Australian doctor claims 15 euthanasia deaths

Canada
   Latimer's light sentence overturned
   Crown drops murder case against Canadian doctor

England
   British psychiatrists polled on euthanasia
   Coma patient's experience highlights danger of euthanasia
   British doctor pleads not guilty in euthanasia case

Netherlands
   Dutch physician says euthanasia abuse widespread

New Zealand
   New Zealand sets precedent in "futile care"case

Switzerland
   Distress declared justification for assisted suicide and euthanasia

News Notes
   Dr. Eugene Turner charged with murder in death of infant
   Hemlock co-founder says economics will drive acceptance of assisted suicide
   Alaskan law prohibiting assisted suicide challenged in court

Volume 13, Number 1 -- January-March 1999

Oregon's PAS law spun to look good
   The report's findings
   Flawed conclusions about a flawed law

Oregon death highlights discriminatory side of PAS law

Kevorkian: Guilty of Murder
   The death
   The trial
   Closing Arguments
   The verdict

New poll finds most think Kevorkian guilty...and more

What others had to say about the verdict

Kevorkian on Trial: The Death of Thomas Youk; by Herbert Hendin

Book Review of Freedom to Die

Research in Review (surveys & polls)
   Race and sex biases found in cardiac treatment
   Dutch euthanasia practice out of control

England
   Doctor found guilty of starving patient - other cases investigated

Australia
   Pro-euthanasia ads air on Australian TV

India
   Assisted-suicide lawsuits filed in India

Volume 13, Number 2 -- April-June 1999

Federal pain bill gains support, bans drug use for assisted suicides

IAETF Special Report: Broad coalition opposes California PAS bill

Kevorkian imprisoned for murder of Thomas Youk

What others had to say about Kevorkian & his sentence

Kevorkian apprentice implicated in New Mexico death

Protests waged against Peter Singer

Research in Review (surveys & polls)
   Dutch study calls for new euthanasia consultant specialty
   Oregon psychologists polled on assisted suicide and state's PAS law
   Oregon report on end-of-life care shows need for improvement
   Fear of pain may be worse than actual pain

England
   British doctors to have final say over patients' lives
   Mother loses battle over disabled son's care
   British doctor acquitted of murdering patient

Australia
   Euthanasia doctor opens mobile clinic

Canada
   Supreme Court to hear Latimer appeal

Volume 13, Number 3 -- July-September 1999

Alaskan court rejects assisted-suicide constitutional challenge
    Background
    The arguments
    The decision

Maine PAS measure up for vote in 2000

Federal pain relief bill gaining momentum

Have poison, will travel: Fugitive Kevorian aide wanted for New Mexico murder

Kevorkian denied new trial, ordered to pay room and board

State Legislative Digest
    Arkansas
    California
    Maryland
    North Dakota
    Oregon
    Wisconsin

Commentary: Safeguarding health care desicions by Rita L. Marker

Research in Review
    Will to Live fluctuates among terminally ill
    Two surveys show  problems with HMOs

World Focus
    The Netherlands
        Dutch government moves to decriminalize euthanasia
        Assisted suicide for patient with dementia given okay
    South Africa
        South African Law Commission pushes bill with euthanasia "option"

News Notes

Volume 13, Number 4 -- October-December 1999

Debate over federal pain relief bill intensifies
    PRPA opponents amplify objections
    OMA fails to bet AMA to reverse stand
    The battle wages on

Euthanasia activists show ghoulish side

Commentary: Pain Relief Promotion Act allows caring, not killing; by Rita L. Marker

Commentary: Suicide unlimited in Oregon; by Wesley J. Smith
    Protective Guidelines Don’t Protect
    Doctor Shopping Becomes the Key to Obtaining Death
    HMOs Are a Lethal Part of the Mix

Woman comes out of "vegetative state" after 16 years

Research in Review
    Dying patients used for practice
    Medical errors cause death and injury
    Racial inequities in pain treatment
    Lack of coverage linked to poor health
    Many doctors favor deceiving insurers to get coverage for patients

News Notes

Oregon’s second assisted-suicide report: Not the whole story
   What’s in the report
    What’s not in the report
        Incomplete and inaccurate data
        Data sources limited
        Troubling PAS cases not reported or cited
        Dutch study makes Oregon look bad
        Another OHD omission

First 2 Years under Oregon’s PAS Law

2 deaths linked to suicide video broadcast
   Portrait of a victim
    Humphry’s response
    Other deaths linked to book

Senate Judiciary passes PRPA

Commentary: Love, not poison pills: Oregon’s cause for shame; by N. Gregory Hamilton

State Legislative Digest
    Arizona
    California
    Missouri
    New Hampshire

World Focus
    Australia
        Nitschke gets OK for death clinics in Tasmania
        Suicides among Australian youth increasing
   Belgium
        Belgium considers euthanasia proposal
   France
        Ethics committee wants euthanasia "tolerated"
   Great Britain
        Elder abuse and involuntary euthanasia reported
        Anti-euthanasia bill blocked in Parliament
        BMA rejects physician-assisted suicide
   The Netherlands
        Clinical problems and complications associated with euthanasia and PAS
        Euthanasia consultants: New government-sponsored specialty
        Dutch study looks at termination of treatment decisions
        Euthanasia society pushes induced-death "living will"
    Scotland
        Scotland passes patient "incapacity" bill

Research in Review
   Understanding burdens of terminal illness reduces depression in patients and caregivers
   Errors in prognoses can adversely affect end-of-lie care

News Notes

Maine targeted to promote national right-to-die agenda
    Funding of Maine's assisted suicide proposal
    Maine's health care delivery crisis
    Pressure to die

Painkilling drugs do not hasten death
    Euthanasia and double effect
    Findings support evidence

European patent denied for human euthanasia drug use

Euthanasia gurus meet to discuss ghoulish ways to die

Disability groups oppose assisted suicide; Not Dead Yet protests

Colorado appeals court upholds assisted suicide ban

AARP reports findings on death and dying

World Focus
    Great Britain
        High court judge rules boy must be left to die
        Disabled boy's relatives convicted for saving his life
    The Netherlands
        Child euthanasia proposal amended

Research in Review
    Depressed patients less likely to follow doctors' recommended treatment
    Feeding tubes and less aggressive treatment urged for dementia patients
    Dementia often misdiagnosed
    Drug errors common in nursing homes

News Notes

Dutch Parliament votes to legalize euthanasia
   What the new law entails
   Reporting: Problematic
   Euthanasia for minors
   Euthanasia advance directives
   Reaction
   Next: Those "suffering from life"

Maine voters reject "Death with Dignity" Referendum
   The Oregon influence
   Opposition coalition formed
   Loss a matter of message, not money
   Polls tell the story

Research in Review
   Oncologists’ support for physician-assisted suicide & euthanasia drops dramatically
   Terminally ill seldom consider assisted suicide or euthanasia for themselves
   Vast majority of Jack Kevorkian’s "patients" had no terminal illness

World Focus
    Australia
        Home-grown poisons to be tested in secret lab
        Charges in euthanasia case dropped
   Belgium
        Doctors kill one in 10 Belgians
   Great Britain
        Brain-dead organ donors should receive painkillers
        High court rules removing food & fluids not a violation of Human Rights Act
   Switzerland
        Zurich allows assisted suicide in homes for the elderly

News Notes

Oregon's 3rd annual assisted suicide report: More of the same
   The third year report
   A case in point

Brain damage: Grounds for death penalty?

Non-voluntary euthanasia raises serious questions

Fighting for Robert - A Letter to "Good Morning America"

Dutch doctor found guilty of murder but not penalized

Euthanasia bill advances in Belgium

Latimer sentenced to 10 years minimum

International Task Force lawyer takes on "The Culture of Death"

Have you noticed? We have a new name!

Courts to determine if assisted suicide is "legitimate" under federal law
   States cannot nullify federal law
   What Ashcroft's ruling means: The facts
   Right-to-diers react to Ashcroft's ruling
   Oregon goes to court
   Noteworthy comment

Power over Pain: New book on pain control

ABC News Poll: Most Americans don't favor physician-assisted suicide

Hawaii: Assisted-suicide bill stalled in Senate

Oregon issues fourth flawed report on assisted suicide

Have death - will travel: Minister brings assisted suicide to Ireland

Dutch euthanasia law takes effect

Dutch euthanasia doctors having second thoughts

2 women battle for assisted suicide; 1 reconsiders choice

Court finds patient competent to stop treatment

License to kill -- "Futile Care" by Wesley J. Smith

News Briefs: 2001 in Retrospect
   Alaska Supreme Court upholds law banning assisted suicide
   Internists take stand against assisted suicide
   California Supreme Court upholds high standard in Wendland Case
   Michigan Appellate Court rejects Kevorkian's appeal for new trial  

Special Report: The death that backfired on the right-to-die movement
   Crick's Internet diary
   Bowel cancer
   Orchestrated death campaign
   An unexpected about-face?
   Real motive revealed
   Back in favor
   Champagne, tea, sandwiches, death, and a round of applause
   The next shock wave hits
   Reaction

Ashcroft Assisted-Suicide Directive Struck Down

European High Court Upholds British Law in Diane Pretty Case

Dutch Study on ALS Patients Disturbs Experts

Belgium Legalizes Euthanasia

Commentary: Assisted Suicide Seduction by Wesley J. Smith

Hawaiian Senate Resurrects, Then Narrowly Defeats, Assisted Suicide Bill

Ohio House OKs Bill against Assisted Suicide

California Senate Passes Bill to Study Policies on "Futile Care"

News Notes:
   World Federation of Right to Die Societies' Goals
   Kevorkian Appeal Denied 

Media reports false as briefs are filed in Oregon v. Ashcroft appeal
   Background
   Federal government submits "Brief for Appellants"
   ITF files brief in support of Ashcroft's ruling

Death Tourism: One-way trip to Switzerland

Suicide aid advocates prepare for legal battle

Two studies published on assisted suicide in Oregon

Doctors of Death: Kaiser solicits its doctors to kill by Wesley J. Smith

Belguim claims first death under newly enacted euthanasia law

Nischke "forced" to create own suicide bag after ITF interview

New Dutch government to review euthanasia law

World Medical Association condemns euthanasia

Guernsey Parliament votes to study euthanasia

Doctor survives coma, sues hospital for advising famiy to withhold food

British doctors reaffirm assisted-suicide stance

Assisted-suicide petition presented to Tony Blair

Book Review: The Case against Assisted Suicide

News Notes

The fight to save Terri Schiavo's life
   Background
   Michael and the Schindlers go to court
   Litigation nightmare
   The hearing
   Judge Greer issues death sentence
   Question of abuse surfaces   

The Terri Schiavo Case Timeline 2000 - Present

Countries clamp down on assisted-suicide trade
   Ireland
   Canada
   Australia  

Australia's Dr. Death: Supported by the Hemlock Society; by Wesley Smith

Swiss assisted-suicide group attracts foreign, vulnerable patients

Doctors found to take DNR orders too far

News Notes: Hawaii, Vermont, France

Hemlock is as Hemlock does: Euthanasia group tries to change its image
   A matter of semantics
   Revamping advance directives
   "Statement of Principles"
   Hemlock by any other name is still Hemlock
   Actions, not words

Oregon: Record number of assisted-suicide deaths
  Data retrieval
  Underreporting

Oregon cuts care, but pays for assisted suicide

Reports indicate Dutch doctors breaking new euthanasia/assisted suicide law

"Suicide consultant" given suspended sentence for violating Dutch law

"Tired of life" no grounds for euthanasia

Swiss group responsible for deaths of non-terminally ill couple and others

Italy: Better pain relief needed for patients

Hungarian court rejects legal maneuver to decriminalize euthanasia

Australia's Dr. Death thrives on controversy

Most UK doctors oppose assisted suicide

New Zealand Parliament to debate euthanasia

Doctor knows best...but it'll be too late for you if he's wrong; by Wesley Smith

2003 assisted-suicide bills languish in committees
   Arizona
   Vermont
   Wisconsin
   North Carolina  

Oral arguments heard in Oregon v. Ashcroft

The battle over Terri Schiavo's life continues
   Background
   Jeb Bush moves to protect Terri's rights
   Litigation continues  

Who makes death decisions? by Rita Marker

The Guardian by Wesley J. Smith 

All I ever wanted to do...  by Rus Cooper-Dowda

A "painless" death by Wesley J. Smith  

ITF offers a protective advance health care directive

Assisted-suicide advocates lose another round in targeted state legislatures
   Arizona
   Hawaii
   Vermont
   Wyoming  

Oregon's reported assisted-suicide body count hits 171 in 2003

Oregon's suicide drug of choice neither pleasant nor cheap 
   CID maintains network of willing PAS doctors and pharmacists

Disabled man in UK fears for his life

David Glass: A related case

Pope speaks out on PVS and food & fluids

Euthanasia bill studied in House of Lords

Euthanasia advocate found guilty in NZ

Swiss medical advisory group reverses assisted-suicide policy

Swiss prosecutor moves to outlaw "suicide tourism"

Belgium on fast track down euthanasia's slippery slope

Council of Europe defers euthanasia debate

Latest on Terri Schiavo Case

Ninth Circuit Appeals Court sides with Oregon over Ashcroft Directive
   Background
   Majority opinion
   Dissenting Opinion

Case proves Oregon assisted-suicide law flawed

"Terri's Law" ruled unconstitutional

U.S. reaction to Vatican's stand on provision of food and fluids

Right-to-die groups to merge

Australia: Nitschke ramps up efforts to circumvent law
   Nancy Crick
   Bill threatens Nitschke's operation
   The "Peaceful Pill"

Dutch continue to rationalize and expand induced death practice
   Terminal sedation
   Euthanasia reporting declines
   OK given to euthanize patients with dementia

Compassionate or Callous? Approaches to Alzheimer's by Wesley J. Smith

Bulgaria imposes ban on euthanasia

Euthanasia bill defeated in South Australia

Special Report: Dutch euthanasia law exists to protect doctors, not patients
   Background
   Dijkuis Commission
   Groningen Protocol

Belgium in lock step with the Netherlands

"In Memoriam: Terri Schindler Schiavo 1963-2005

California, Hawaii & Vermont say "NO" to assisted-suicide bills this year
   California
   Hawaii
   Vermont

Oregon family leaks PAS failure: Compassion & Choices' veracity questioned by newspaper

Oregon releases 2004 stats on reported PAS deaths

Pushing Infanticide: From Holland to New Jersey  by Wesley J. Smith

Lords: Euthanasia/PAS should be debated in Parliament session

Disabled man's right to life challenged in U.K.

U.S. Supreme Court: ITF submits amicus brief in Gonzales v. Oregon
   Background on Gonzales v. Oregon
   ITF's amicus curiae brief
   Summary of Argument
   Argument I: Ashcroft Directive does not criminalize assisted suicide
   Argument IV: Oregon law not wholly intrastate in nature

Terri's autopsy: Key questions still unanswered
   The eating disorder theory
   More questions
   Governor calls for investigation
   Was Terri PVS?

California's assisted suicide bill down for the count in 2005

Schiavo-inspired laws opposed by AMA 

False Federalism  by Wesley J. Smith

Canadian PAS bill introduced

Australia clamps down on Nitschke's web suicide trade

British & New Zealand doctors take different stands on euthanasia and assisted suicide

British court reverses Leslie Burke ruling

Swiss government panel says assisted suicide should remain legal

Dutch studies don't tell whole story about euthanasia practice
   Editorial questions validity
   Euthanasia for children

Britain & Canada to debate assisted suicide

Marketing death

Peter Singer: Sanctity of life will be destroyed

Missouri cutbacks target feeding tubes, equipment

Cranford & Schiavo honored at ethics conference

Attorneys in Gonzales v. Oregon take battle to U.S. Supreme Court
   The Ashcroft Directive
   Lower court rulings
   Case argued before high court
   Reaction outside the court

Physician-assisted suicide advocates: "Don't call it 'suicide'"

Possible "Katrina" euthanasia cases being investigated

Awareness studied in unconscious patients

Switzerland being considered as base for European right-to-die groups 

Dignitas opens branch office in Germany

Dignitas investigated

Dutch formalize death for infants and the mentally disabled

Dutch find depression & euthanasia related

British MP drops euthanasia for Oregon-style assisted suicide

International news notes (Canada, Britain, Scotland, Australia, New Zealand

ITF director debates euthanasia in Ireland

Supreme Court ruling no endorsement of Oregon's assisted suicide law
   The majority ruling
   The dissents
   Congress has the power to act

Assisted-suicide advocates use high court ruling to advance cause

Oregon issues 2005 PAS report

Documents reportedly point to Katrina euthanasia deaths

Danger Zone by Wesley J. Smith
   Close call
   Defining dehydratable people

Editor's update on Haleigh Poutre

International News notes
   Australia
   Belgium - statistics
   Belgium - extension of euthanasia
   Cambodian deports American assisted-suicide activist
   Chinese researcher wants to experiment with euthanasia
   Canadian Senator changes stance on euthanasia

ITF lawyers testify at Congressional hearing
   Witnesses
   Testimony

Assisted-suicide bills die in Vermont and California

Swiss cabinet backs assisted suicide

Residents object to Dignitas' body bags

Sleeping pill awakens "PVS" patients

"We never say no" by Wesley J. Smith

News notes
   Stephen Hawking
   Ronald Cranford
   Oregon ODHS develops suicide prevention program
   Ireland orders extradition of George Exoo
   The Netherlands, Belgium and euthanasia for children
   Holland will not permit hospital care for homeless people
   Study finds that patients-designated surrogates are best decision makers 

 2006: Not a good year for the right-to-die  movement
   United States:  Vermont
   United States:  California
   United Kingdom

Bill to clarify Controlled Substances Act introduced

Study:  Doctors contribute to patients' suicidal wishes

Dutch cost cutting could prove fatal

Dutch group reports euthanasia of 12-year-old and jump in euthanasia cases

Swiss look to curb "death tourism"

Functional MRI tests indicate vegetative state patient is aware

Texas futile care law under fire

News notes
   Canadian lawmaker plans to reintroduce euthanasia/PAS bill
   Australian parliament member defies ban on giving "how to" information
   Nitschke introduces "peaceful pill" for suicide
   British patient loses bid to request food and fluids in advance of disability
   Haleigh Poutre, once judged "virtually brain, dead" can now speak a few word 

U.K. doctors' group wants debate on the killing of disabled babies

British bioethics council issues blanket guidelines on premature babies

Study finds cancer patients more than twice as likely to commit suicide

Dignitas moves to offer depressed suicide aid

Dutch film aims to make euthanasia decisions easier...and sooner

Euthanasia death toll spikes in Belgium

Experimenting with live patients (by Wesley J. Smith)

Computerized brain connections show better quality of life in ALS patients

News notes
   World Federation of Right to Die Societies conference
   Euthanasia proposals in Australia
   Nitschke continues to test authorities
   North Korea routinely killing disabled babies
   British judge orders treatment, not dehydration 

Switzerland: An appointment with death
   The law
   Federal court ruling

Dignitas: A one-way ticket to Zurich
   Dignitas criticized
   Swiss issue meaningless "guidelines"

Proper end-of-life opioid use does not hasten death

Oregon's health care rationing plan for poor and uninsured in trouble

"Assisted Suicide is SUICIDE" by Rita L. Marker and Wesley J. Smith

Dutch court allows suicide aid by non-physician

Fear of death linked to doctors' hastening deaths of ill and disabled newborns

News notes
   Michigan: Jack Kevorkian
   Ireland: George Exoo

Assisted-suicide advocates fail to advance bill in California
   AB 374
   Battling for votes
   Deadly flaws in AB 374
   The defeat

Vermont legislature kills assisted-suicide bill

Washington ex-governor pushes plan for PAS voter initiative in 2008

Oregon issues truncated assisted-suicide report

Troubling cases revealed in research examining PAS & palliative care

Kevorkian's back in the limelight, but many aren't smiling

New Dutch report shows terminal sedation deaths on the rise

Poll: Americans divided on PAS legalization, but most would not choose it

News notes
   Australia, New Zealand & Nitschke
   Britons die at hands of Swiss strangers
   Infanticide in Belgium
   Canadian poll
   Texas: Futile Care law

New euthanasia/assisted-suicide study draws international criticism
   The study
   Questionable data
   Questionable conclusions
   A case of bias

Case highlights ethical erosion of assisted suicide
   Board's inaction
   Reaction

Final Exit Network's "exit guides" involved in Phoenix death

Compassion & Choices establishes 1-800 suicide-aid line in California

Fate of U. S. Minister rests on extradition hearing in Irish assisted-suicide case
   The right-to-die connection
   Date with death
   Extradition hearing

Vatican issues definitive answers to food and fluids questions

News notes
   Swiss suicide clinic
   U.S. depression study
   World Health Organization depression study
   Nitschke's "Peaceful Pill"
   New Orleans grand jury decides not to indict in Katrina deaths
   Patients in Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)may be misdiagnosed
   Man diagnosed as PVS walks out of Arizona hospital

Physician-assisted suicide initiative filed in Washington State
   Patterned after Oregon's PAS law
   Gardner: Profile of the spokesman
   The campaign: A war of words
   The opposition
   Dangers unique to Washington

Montana suit claims PAS a constitutional right

"The campaign to make suicide a medical treatment" by Rita L. Marker

New assisted-suicide bills introduced in Arizona & Wisconsin

Two European assisted-suicide advocates resort to Kevorkian-style tactics

Swiss hospitals allow on-site assisted suicides amid calls for cost-saving health care rationing

News notes
   Canada: Manitoba physicians' guidelines
   Germany: Assisted suicide group plans test court case
   Holland: "Auto-euthanasia" in the Netherlands
   Colombia rejects euthanasia guidelines
   India: Euthanasia bill introduced
   Australia & New Zealand: "Dr. Death" arrested
   Ireland: Request to extradite George Exoo denied

Special Report: 10 years under Oregon's assisted-Suicide law
   Annual reports
   Oregon PAS from a medical perspective
   Tenth annual report for 2007  
   Chart: 10 years under Oregon's assisted-suicide law 
   PAS requests: No symptoms needed

PAS initiative campaign launched in Washington
   Campaign funding thus far
   Signature gathering

Legislators attempt to camouflage assisted-suicide intent of new bill (Cal. AB 2747)

"Assisted Suicide & the Corruption of Palliative Care" by Wesley J. Smith

News notes
   George Exoo ("Reverend Death")
   Belgium euthanasia deaths increase - law may extend to children and demented
   Holland: Scientists & psychiatrists publish do-it-yourself suicide manual
   Lauren Richardson case
   Haleigh Poutre gives dramatic testimony to police