Category Archives: final exit network

Minnesota: Dakota Grand Jury Convening This Week to Consider Charges Against Members of Final Exit Network

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Right now, this latest story involving the Final Exit Network (FEN) is getting only local coverage, but it could become a national story, depending on the outcome. From the story, by reporter Laura Adelmann: Apple Valley woman may have killed herself using information from Final Exit Network In a March 26 letter to a defense … Continue reading Minnesota: Dakota Grand Jury Convening This Week to Consider Charges Against Members of Final Exit Network →

American Medical News Reports on Georgia Sup. Court Overturn of Asst. Suicide Law – Eleanor Smith quoted

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The American Medical News has an article out today about the Georgia Supreme Court decision that ruled the state’s assisted suicide law unconstitutional. (We referred to the legislation as “half-assed.”)  The decision has the immediate effect of negating the charges against members of the Final Exit Network (FEN). The account is pretty straightforward and is … Continue reading American Medical News Reports on Georgia Sup. Court Overturn of Asst. Suicide Law – Eleanor Smith quoted →

President/CEO of Center for Practical Bioethics Careless with Facts Comparing Final Exit Network to Kevorkian

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I’ll be the first to admit that there are some bioethicists that can and do write with intellectual honesty and engage in rigorous analysis.  However, those qualities are not required in order to gain respect in the field of bioethics.  I offer Jacob Appel and Peter Singer as Exhibits A and B. (Those appear to … Continue reading President/CEO of Center for Practical Bioethics Careless with Facts Comparing Final Exit Network to Kevorkian →

RELEASE: Disability Activists Urge Georgia Legislators to “Get it Right” on Assisted Suicide

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Disability Activists Urge Georgia Legislators to “Get it Right” on Assisted Suicide Today, Georgia disability activists, including members of Not Dead Yet, reacted to the Supreme Court ruling that overturned a 1994 law on assisted suicide on First Amendment grounds, calling on the Georgia legislature to tackle the issue as soon as possible and “get … Continue reading RELEASE: Disability Activists Urge Georgia Legislators to “Get it Right” on Assisted Suicide →

Georgia: Court Strikes Down State’s Half-Assed Assisted Suicide Law

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This is not exactly unexpected. From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday unanimously struck down the state’s assisted-suicide law, finding it violates the free speech clauses of the Georgia and U.S. Constitutions. The court’s ruling means that four members of the Final Exit Network do not have to stand trial on felony … Continue reading Georgia: Court Strikes Down State’s Half-Assed Assisted Suicide Law →