All posts by Stephen Drake

Big News: Final Exit Network Activist Enters Guilty Plea in Arizona – Agrees to Testify Against Other Defendants

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This could be very important news.  Wye Hale-Rowe, a long time assisted suicide activist and advocate, has entered a guilty plea in Arizona to a charge of “facilitation to commit manslaughter.” The longest and most detailed coverage of Hale-Rowe’s plea is in the Phoenix New Times, an independent paper that originally broke the story of … Continue reading Big News: Final Exit Network Activist Enters Guilty Plea in Arizona – Agrees to Testify Against Other Defendants →

Montana Supreme Court Decision: A Non-Lawyer’s First Reaction

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First, the Supreme Court Opinion in its entirety can be found at this site in PDF format. As to a “constitutional right” and assisted suicide – the court avoided giving a ruling on that at all (but in doing so voided the lower court finding in that regard).  Instead, through some strange permutations in finding … Continue reading Montana Supreme Court Decision: A Non-Lawyer’s First Reaction →

Montana – What Others Are Saying

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I’ve been struggling through the decision by the Montana Supreme Court in Baxter v. Montana.  I’m still trying to get my head around the implications of the specific wording used in the decision – a decision which states there is nothing that currently prohibits physician-assisted suicide in Montana law right now (in the court’s interpretation).  … Continue reading Montana – What Others Are Saying →

It’s a New Year – A Little Housecleaning and a Word from Ben Mattlin

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This latest gap in posts was a little longer than planned.  The holiday weeks were filled with several crises, all of which turned out OK, but took away time, attention and energy. I did a little housecleaning here.  I deleted some comments waiting in the queue – they were both tiresome extensions of exchanges that … Continue reading It’s a New Year – A Little Housecleaning and a Word from Ben Mattlin →

More on Canadian Pro-Euthanasia “Awareness” Campaign – from Alex Schadenberg and Toronto Star

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Earlier this month, this blog shared the news of the emergence of a “new” pro-euthanasia group in Canada and its “awareness” campaign via faux “memorial plaques” (stickers, in reality) on park benches in Toronto.  At the time, the person or persons behind the group was a mystery. Not any longer.  According to the Toronto Star, … Continue reading More on Canadian Pro-Euthanasia “Awareness” Campaign – from Alex Schadenberg and Toronto Star →