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Update 35: Volume 20, Number 1 — Year 2006, Number 1
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
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
Update 36: Volume 20, Number 2 — Year 2006, Number 2
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
Documents reportedly point to Katrina euthanasia deaths
Danger Zone by Wesley J. Smith
Close call
Defining dehydratable people
Editor’s update on Haleigh Poutre
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
Update 37: Volume 20, Number 3 — Year 2006, Number 3
ITF lawyers testify at Congressional hearing
House of Lords blocks assisted-suicide bills: ethical debates rage
The opposition
The debate
Britain’s slippery slope
Assisted-suicide bills die in Vermont and California
Swiss cabinet backs assisted suicide
Residents object to Dignitas’ body bags
Sleeping pill awakens “PVS” patient
“We never say no” by Wesley J. Smith
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
Update 38: Volume 20, Number 4- Year 2006, Number 4
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
Controversy over arrests in alleged Katrina “euthanasia” cases
Affidavit
Reaction
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
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
Update 39: Volume 20, Number 5 – Year 2006, Number 5
U.K. doctors’ group wants debate on the killing of disabled babies
British bioethics council issues blanket guidelines on premature babies
Oregon plays word games with assisted suicideStudy 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
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
