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Belgian Prisoner Serving Life Sentence Wins Right to Be Euthanized (I kind of predicted this in 1998)

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…soner since the assisted dying law was introduced in Belgium 12 years ago. Van Den Bleeken will soon be transferred to a hospital where the medical procedure will take place, his lawyers told reporters. “But I cannot say when or where that will happen,” Jos Vander Velpen added. Shocked? Not me. In one of my more whimsical moments, I drafted and sent out a phony press release regarding a similar scenario, but set in the US and with a slightly more…

Arizona Daily Star Romanticizes the Suicide of a Disabled Woman in a “Tribute”

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…It ignored the the 2007 story of the investigation into the death of Janet Van Voorhis (allegedly facilitated by the Final Exit Network) and published a factually inaccurate and self-serving op-ed by Final Exit Network member Earl Wettstein earlier this year. Given this, I won’t predict that the the paper can’t sink any lower – I’m betting it can and very well may in the future, although I hope not. Interestingly, groups such as the American Found…

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

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…on people with severe depression (or other psychiatric issues, such as Jan Van Voorhis) Contrary to claims that they only provide advice and “presence,” Egbert reveals he reuses old “exit bags,” saving people the 60 bucks it would take to order them. This is a direct contradiction of one very consistent claim FEN has made – that those whose suicides they “attend” buy all their own gear. It’s not a minor point – it’s one way they maintain that what…

Train Wrecks and Being Bushwacked in the Land of Oz – Bill Peace, Danny Robert and Nadina LaSpina report on the Oz Show

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…ssisted suicide. Ourcarservicepickupwasscheduledfor7:15AM.Wecouldn’tfindthevanwhichwasparkedfarfromourdoor andgotsoakedbutwegottotheaccessibleentranceto30Rockbefore8:00. JulieMaury,BillPeace,HopeDerogatisandAriNe’eman, all people with disabilities and disability rights advocates,werealreadythere.We had each been interviewed by producers prior to being invited to appear on the show. WeweredirectedtoalargeelevatortothesixthfloorwhereweallshowedourID…

Mourning the Passing of Disability Rights Activist Lillibeth Navarro

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…join. Along with disability movement photographer Tom Olin, we rode in my van picking up fellow activists for meetings and protests, including the fall 1987 national ADAPT action in San Francisco. (I believe this action resulted in her first civil rights arrest.) Lillibeth Navarro arrested during protest (Photo by Tom Olin) By next spring, Lillibeth helped organize a group of ten disabled people to join the national ADAPT action and carry our dem…