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CALIFORNIA, HAWAII FACE EUTHANASIA LEGALIZATION DRIVES AS DUTCH MOVE TO NONVOLUNTARY KILLING OF NEWBORNS.
Major efforts at Oregon-style legalization of assisting suicide are scheduled for the 2005 legislative sessions in Hawaii and California.
After the November elections, it is clear that proponents of assisting suicide in Hawaii have over a majority in both houses. The question will be whether it is possible to muster the votes to sustain a possible veto by Hawaii Republican Gov. Linda Lingle, who has said she opposes legalization.
In California, state Representative Patty Berg, chair of the Assembly committee on aging, announced her intent to introduce an assisting-suicide bill, and set hearings for January and February. Berg told the Times Standard the bill "will be modeled after a similar bill the Legislature rejected in 1999, which was modeled on Oregon's voter-approved physician aid-in-dying law of 1997."
Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared himself undecided on the issue.
While advocates push for legalization of euthanasia in these key states, the Netherlands is moving farther down the slippery slope. The Groningen Academic Hospital announced that it has been administering lethal doses to children born with disabilities such as spina bifida.
Although it reported four such cases in 2003 to government prosecutors, and although under what is current law, nonvoluntary euthanasia is theoretically illegal, authorities have taken no action against the hospital. On the contrary, the Dutch Health Ministry is on the verge of publicly responding to a petition from the main Dutch doctors' association to legalize the killing of those "with no free will," including children and adults with severe mental retardation.
Meanwhile, the ...
- ASSISTED-SUICIDE ADVOCATE DEREK HUMPHRY TO SPEAK.(B SECTION)
- Newspaper article from: Sarasota Herald Tribune Reed, Stephen G. January 16, 1999 700+ words
...Stephen G. Reed REGIONAL REPORTER Touting a terminally ill patient's right to die as the "ultimate civil liberty," Derek Humphry has made a name for himself as an advocate of physician-assisted suicide. Humphry, author of the 1991 best-seller...
- Suicide book hits best-seller lists. (Derek Humphry's 'The Practicalities of...
- Newspaper article from: The Doctor's People Newsletter September 1, 1991 700+ words
...over our heads by reading "The Practicalities of Self Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying," written by one Derek Humphry, executive director of the Hemlock Society. It's right up there on bookstore shelves, and it's right up there on the...
- Final Exit: the end of argument. (Derek Humphry's physician-assisted suicide)
- Magazine article from: The Hastings Center Report Wolf, Susan M. January 1, 1992 700+ words
...countries. [2] Assisted suicide and euthanasia are "hot"--high on the agenda of a public seemingly poised for action. Derek Humphry's publication of Final Exit, [3] billed as a suicide manual for the terminally ill, has played no small part in fueling...
- Aussies lift 'Final Exit' ban. (Australia will allow the sale of Derek...
- Magazine article from: Publishers Weekly Pedersen, Martin July 13, 1992 700+ words
...the book must be kept separate, must be marked "restricted" and cannot be sold to anyone under 18. Final Exit author Derek Humphry said, "I'm told American Psycho has the same restrictions there. I can live with this. The book is not meant for young...
- Founder of first Florida chapter of Hemlock dies.(B SECTION)(Obituary)
- Newspaper article from: Sarasota Herald Tribune July 8, 2002 700+ words
...to life in prison for the mercy killing of his wife. Founded by Derek Humphry in 1980, the society is the oldest and largest right-to-die organization in the United States. Its philosophy is that people should be able to have choice and...
- Deadly Compassion: The Death of Ann Humphry and the Case Against Euthanasia.
- Magazine article from: British Medical Journal MacFarlane, Neil June 24, 1995 700+ words
...ensuring its widespread publicity. Derek Humphry responded by expressing his regret...especially in the Netherlands and the United States. This method is effective...to euthanasia before she met Derek Humphry and how her parents came to join...
- Euthanasia: a concept whose time has come?
- Magazine article from: Issues in Law & Medicine Dickey, Nancy W. March 22, 1993 700+ words
...be reaching a crescendo in the United States over the last decade. With the...assisted suicide,(3) the United States may be the first jurisdiction...best-seller, Final Exit, Derek Humphry states that "technology can...
- Colombia court OKs euthanasia for terminally ill -- with consent.(Originated...
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Johnson, Tim May 21, 1997 700+ words
...has made this step forward,'' said Derek Humphry, author of ``Final Exit'' and...euthanasia is technically illegal. In the United States, federal courts have blocked a voluntary...It's done extensively in the United States but it is kept secret because it is...
- Video guide to suicide is shown on television.(News)
- Magazine article from: British Medical Journal Josefson, Deborah February 12, 2000 700+ words
...cable television in Oregon, United States, sparking widespread controversy...The video is the brainchild of Derek Humphry, a veteran British journalist...Oregon, the only state in the United States where doctor assisted suicide...
- Challenges Ahead Assisted Suicide THE KEY TO VICTORY MODELED.
- Magazine article from: National Right to Life News Smith, Wesley January 1, 2000 700+ words
...1998). In June 1997, the United States Supreme Court refused unanimously...supports legalization. Here in the United States, Maine voters will decide next...Hemlock Society co-founder Derek Humphry, still extol suicide machines...
Source: HighBeam Research, CALIFORNIA, HAWAII FACE EUTHANASIA LEGALIZATION DRIVES AS DUTCH MOVE...