AP: Final Exit Network manual calls members “special”

April 22, 2009"special", assisted suicide, cults, final exit network, murder, Our News & Commentary BlogStephen Drake

…ording to google. Here’s the one from MSNBC, which doesn’t link to the FEN site: PHOENIX – A training manual for an assisted-suicide group tells “exit guides” that they are special people and should celebrate their role in guiding others to their deaths. The lengthy document, referred to by police in the U.S. city of Phoenix as a training manual for the Final Exit Network, offers exit guides step-by-step instructions on how to show others how to k…

Seattle Elder Law Attorney Discusses What Lawyers Should Be Telling Clients About “Death With Dignity” Act

May 14, 2009assisted suicide, elder law, legislation, margaret dore, Our News & Commentary Blog, reality checkStephen Drake

…ion Guardianship and Elder Law Section. For more information, visit her website at www.margaretdore.com. 1 The Act was passed by the voters in November as Initiative 1000 and has now been codified as RCW chapter 70.245. 2 I-1000 color pamphlet, “Paid for by Yes! on 1000.” 3 RCW §§ 70.245.030 and .220 state that one of two required witnesses to the lethal-dose request form cannot be the patient’s heir or other person who will benefit from the patie…

Georgia Disability Activists to Attend Arguments at GA Supreme Court Hearing on Final Exit Network

November 7, 2011ADAPT, assisted suicide, court cases, disabled queers in action, dqia, final exit network, Georgia, Our News & Commentary Blog, press releaseStephen Drake

…oke, AIDS, and many other lesser-known but serious ailments.” (From FEN website) MYTH:FEN “Exit Guides” only provide “counseling,” not “assistance.” REALITY:Legal authorities charge that part of the group’s assistance entails cleaning up the site of an allege suicide to make it look like a natural death. Moreover, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) claims that, during the sting operation it used with FEN, the agent posing as a cancer victim…

Mike Huckabee Says Folks with Pre-Existing Conditions are Uninsurable, Just Like a Burnt-Out House

September 29, 2010access to health care, Back Door Euthanasia, health care reform, Mike Huckabee, Our News & Commentary Blog, politics, Tea Party, Utilitarianism, Values VotersStephen Drake

…ative Christian Mike Huckabee” speaking at the “Values Voter Summit” – the site for the summit says the “values” they want to further are to: protect marriage, champion life, strengthen the military, limit government, control spending and defend our freedoms. Guess which one of those “values” Huckabee throws under the bus? Check it out – and for those who need captioning, I tried the automatic captioning on this video and it works well. There are…

Media Alert – Looks Like “Dr. Oz” Is Planning Slanted Show on Assisted Suicide

October 18, 2011assisted suicide, barbara coombs lee, Dr. Oz, ira byock, keith ablow, media coverage, media issues, Our News & Commentary Blog, right to dieStephen Drake

…tle effort and thought they’ve given to what they call a “survey” on their site which solicits people’s opinions on the “right to die.” The trouble is, the whole thing was put together in a way that totally conflates refusal of treatment with assisted suicide. We sent in a written request for the survey to be edited to use clear terminology, with a brief explanation, which the producer assured us was forwarded to the person in charge of the online…