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Final Exit Advisory Board Members Supporters of Parents Who Kill – Or Want to Kill – Their Disabled Kids

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In case you thought that the so-called “right to die” movement was limited to support for voluntary euthanasia, we have some info on related activities of two of the advisory board members of the Final Exit Network. In addition, these two FEN advisors have cosigned an appeal for donations to a defense fund for the … Continue reading Final Exit Advisory Board Members Supporters of Parents Who Kill – Or Want to Kill – Their Disabled Kids →

NY Times on Final Exit Network – NDY Quote

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Today’s NY Times includes a story on the Final Exit Network (FEN) by Robbie Brown titled “Arrests Draw New Attention to Assisted Suicide.” The article’s strongest point is that it clearly states the allegations by an agent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation posing as a man with cancer wanting the group’s assistance in planning … Continue reading NY Times on Final Exit Network – NDY Quote →

Final Exit Network, Zealotry and Groupthink

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The latest story from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution centers on Dr. Lawrence Egbert, the “medical director” of Final Exit Network (FEN). According to the AJC, Egbert’s own words describe him as some sort of Bizarro-world version of Will Rogers, who said “I never met a man I didn’t like.” In the Bizarro world of Egbert and … Continue reading Final Exit Network, Zealotry and Groupthink →

Satire from “The Spoof” – Brit couple go for euthanasia

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A couple of items are needed to introduce this latest send-up from The Spoof, a web-based publication devoted to satire. First, there is a current story about a real-life couple from Britain who went to Switzerland and got “put down” together. Second, this isn’t the first time we’ve featured an article from The Spoof. In … Continue reading Satire from “The Spoof” – Brit couple go for euthanasia →

Atlanta Journal-Constitution Columnist Asks All the Wrong Questions About Lessons to be Learned from Final Exit Network

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It’s hard to know just where to begin with the pile of mush published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution yesterday by columnist Jay Bookman. “Time to pull suicide debate out of the shadows” starts out promisingly enough, accurately describes the practices and “eligibility” criteria necessary to get “help” from Final Exit Network. That puts him way … Continue reading Atlanta Journal-Constitution Columnist Asks All the Wrong Questions About Lessons to be Learned from Final Exit Network →