Minnesota Supreme Court Rules Online Suicide Predator Melchert-Dinkel Protected by First Amendment

ructions. E]}**vidence showed]}** th**{[at Melchert-Di**{[nkel sought out depressed]}** pe**{[ople online. When he fou]}**nd them, he]}** posed as a suicid]}**al female nurs]}**e, feigned com**{[passion and offered **{[instructions on how they]}** could kill]}** themselves. Mel**{[chert-Dinkel told police]}** he **{[did it for **{[the “thrill of the chase.]}**” According]}** to **{[court documents**{[, he acknowl]}**edged **{[participatin**{[g in online chats about]}** suicide with]}** up **{[to 20 people and enterin]}**g into fake]}** suicide pacts]}** wi**{[th about 10,

AUGUST 4: ONLINE VIGIL FOR THE MURDERED DISABLED PEOPLE OF SAGAMIHARA

online vigi]}**l and chat st]}**arting at 8]}** PM ET. Here’s **{[the info fr**{[om the site:]}** Online Vigi]}**l and Chat Disa**{[bled People of Tsukui Yama]}**yuri **{[En Sagamihara, Japan Thur]}**sday, August]}** 4, 2016 8 pm E**{[astern 9 am Japan (Aug.]}** 5)   The Disability Visibility]}** Project will]}** be **{[partnering wi**{[th disabled filmmaker and]}** activist Dominick]}** Evans in an]}** online vigil]}** and **{[chat remembering the 19]}** disa**{[bled people of the Tsukui Yamayuri En]}** residential]}** ca**{[re facility in Sagamihara,]}** Jap

Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Approaching Death Requests Public Comments Via Online Survey By November 1st

report, the]}** Committee i]}**s providing]}** one **{[last avenue for public]}** input via an]}** on**{[line survey, consisting of six open]}** ende**{[d questions. The deadlin]}**e is November 1st. The introduction defines]}** those who are]}** “likely appr]}**oaching death” very broadl]}**y: To help th**{[e committee wi**{[th its work,]}** individuals]}** and organiz]}**ations are invited]}** to share their thoughts abo**{[ut care for people who are]}** likely approaching]}** death. This]}** includes pe]}**ople who have a **{[serious and progress

John Kelly’s Response to IOM Online Survey or “We Love Our Tubes!”

tells more]}** of his story]}** to **{[the Committee**{[, responding]}** to Question]}** 1 of the online survey]}** that closed]}** last Friday. John’s resp]}**onse is also]}** available on the Public Poli]}**cy section of]}** our website]}** he**{[re. – Diane] I am a 55-ye]}**ar-old white]}** man who is a q**{[uadriplegic based **{[on a spinal **{[cord injury in 1984. Th]}**e level of my]}** injury was]}** at **{[the fourth cer**{[vical level,]}** resulting i]}**n near total]}** para**{[lysis below my shoulders. My breathing **{[ability survived the injury,]}** a

Archived Audio and Transcript for Diane Rehm Show with Stephen Drake, Frank Bruni, Joanne Lynn and Mickey MacIntyrye on Assisted Suicide Online NOW!

ay’s (Augus]}**t 13) Diane]}** Re**{[hm Show has bot**{[h audio and a transcript]}** available online]}** now. If you]}** missed the discuss]}**ion, please]}** check it out. Among topic]}**s discussed: conflation]}** of **{[high morphi**{[ne doses in hospice with]}** the **{[barbiturates used in ass]}**isted suicide; the ways in **{[which the t**{[erm “end of life” has expanded beyond usef]}**ulnes**{[s – serving t**{[o obfuscate rather than]}** clarify conversatio]}**n; and if we’re **{[really kinder to animals than to humans wh**{[en it comes