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USA:
Winter 2007 Newsletter of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies
The Winter 2007 issue of the newsletter of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies.

World:
Winter 2006 Newsletter of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies
The Winter 2006 issue of the newsletter of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies.

World:
Results of the World Conference of the WFRtDS

Israel:
Lecture on Terminally Ill Law of Israel
The Terminally Ill Law, 2005, which was passed by the Knesset on 6/12/05, will come into effect on 16/12/06. In this article, Retired Supreme Court Judge Eliyahu Matza, President of Lilach, explains the principles of the Law in layman words.

World:
Manifesto

Colombia:
Death of a veteran right-to-die campaigner: Beatriz Gomez
Beatriz Gomez, a person who defied all conventional taboos and founded a right-to-die organization in Colombia - a Catholic country and herself a Catholic -- has died. She was 84, and passed away peacefully and suddenly at her home in Bogotá on August 15, 2006.

Europe:
Newsletter RtD-Europe July 2006

Netherlands:
Summary Relevant May 2006

Europe:
Newsletter RtD-E
The latest developments on assisted dying in Europe, edition april 2006.

United Kingdom:
Former president World Federation of Right to Die Societies died
Patrick Nowell-Smith, who was president of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies from l984-1986 has died in England at the age of 91.

Netherlands:
Summary Relevant January 2006

World:
Newsletter RtD-Europe, December 2005
At least three common themes can be found in the reports from different countries:
* The double effect issue – morphine eases pain and can hasten death. There is a lack of clarity about medical practice here.
* Palliative care – it is interesting to note that increased quantity and improved quality of palliative care is resulting from pressure from Right to Die groups for greater changes in the law.
* The imbalance between public opinion and government willingness to act.

World:
Newsletter WorldRTD, issue nr 48, November 2005

Australia:
The World Medical Association and Voluntary Euthanasia
If the World Medical Association can take a neutral stance on abortion and thus acknowledge it to be a matter of conscience for the doctor, why can it not take the same view with voluntary euthanasia?

Australia:
Draconian legislation!
Frances Coombe - President of the South Australian Voluntary Euthanasia Society - reacts to the passing of The Criminal Code Amendment (Suicide Related Material Offences) Bill 2005.

World:
Helping the World Federation

USA:
Connecticut man gets probation

USA:
Book by Derek Humphry

USA:
Supportive survey

USA:
Community supported dying

USA:
Attempt to replicate Oregon Law

USA:
Supreme Court

USA:
Oregon law

Switzerland:
New medical guidelines

Switzerland:
EXIT Deutsche Schweiz update

Switzerland:
Protest change in laws

South Africa:
Speeches on Living Wills

New Zealand:
VE advocate dies

Netherlands:
Doctor prosecutions

Netherlands:
Terminal sedation vs euthanasia

Germany:
Surveys

Canada:
Right-to-die activist kills self
The Canadian Press reported that a sickly Marcel Tremblay consumed two beers, two shrimp and a crab cake at what he called “a living wake” on Friday, then went home and killed himself, sparking a countrywide debate on the right-to-die issue. Tremblay said he had a litany of health problems, including back trouble, stomach problems and an incurable and eventually fatal lung condition.

Luxembourg:
Plea for assisted dying

Japan:
Hokkaido doctor faces murder charge

World:
News from non-member countries

Europe:
Shame on the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe!

Australia:
'Vulnerable women'
A viewpoint by Julia Anaf (Vice President, South Australia Voluntary Euthanasia Society) on gender and voluntary euthanasia.

Scotland:
Debate on a death with dignity bill initiated

United Kingdom:
Isle of Man

United Kingdom:
TLC (The Last Choice)

United Kingdom:
House of Lords considering PAD

France:
Legal change

Colombia:
Interest in living wills stimulated

Australia:
Technologies developed

Australia:
Killing me softly—a new approach from down under

USA:
What was the Shiavo circus all about? Should we worry?

Australia:
Censorship bill fought

World:
Schiavo tragedy and award-winning films reawake right-to-die interest
The Schiavo case and the movies 'The Sea Inside' and 'Million Dollar Baby' have reawoken interest in Right-to-Die.

Europe:
Newsletter RtD-Europe, April 2005
The latest developments on assisted dying in Europe: Case Law Developments or Cases in National Courts, Books Published, Research published or currently undertaken, Opinion Polls, Campaigns, Cases that have attracted public/media attention, Other issues.

Luxembourg:
Adddition to statutes
Addition of assisted suicide to the statutes of ADMD-L

Australia:
South Australian Voluntary Euthanasia Society (SAVES) new mobile display
SAVES displays are used in university forums and at information days in shopping centres. The new display features 8 panels.

Europe:
European Union Grants NGO Status to World Fed

World:
You Can Help The World Federation

World:
Euthanasia Laws Cannot Be Shared

World:
2004 Tokyo Declaration

World:
Living Wills and Advance Directives in the World: Current State and Outlook

USA:
Future Meetings of the WFRtDS

Japan:
Saba Medal For Japanese Group
The Saba Medal, awarded every two years to the person or organization that has done most during that time for the World Federation of Right to Die Societies, was awarded to the Japan Society for Dying with Dignity.

World:
The History of the World Federation
An excerpt of a speech by Sidney Rosoff, the first president of the World Federation about how the organization got its start.

Colombia:
First Marilynne Seguin Award to Colombia’s Beatriz Gomez

World:
New Board for World Federation

Spain:
An open letter to the WFRtDS delegates and colleagues from Juana Betancor
Juana Betancor was Vice-President of the WF, 2002–2004, and had been in line to become President. Excerpts from the letter she sent to the Board explain the circumstances that prevented her ascension to this office and her absence from the Conference.

World:
Tokyo: living wills among ways for dignified death
The president's report by Jacob Kohnstamm.

Oregon, USA:
New right-to-die online bookstore opens
ERGO (Euthanasia Research and Guidance Organization), a nonprofit Oregon educational corporation, USA, has opened a new online bookstore supplying books and documents on hastened death.

Scotland:
Meeting of Friends at the End in Glasgow on 22 January 2005
This next meeting, open to members & friends, will feature the interests of Disabled People.

Europe:
Newsletter RtD-Europe, November 2004
The latest developments on assisted dying in Europe: Case Law Developments or Cases in National Courts, Books Published, Research published or currently undertaken, Opinion Polls, Campaigns, Cases that have attracted public/media attention, Other issues.

World:
Changes in the board of the World Federation of Right to Die societies
The WFRtDS has a new president, Jacob Kohnstamm and a new vice-president, Jacqueline Herremans. Annelies Plaisant was re-elected as treasurer and Faye Girsh is now newsletter editor.

Scotland:
Friends at the End additional, temporary Web-Site
For technical reasons, it has been necessary to create an additional, temporary Web-Site to provide certain information.

USA:
New right-to-die organization announced
A new right-to-die organization for the US, named Final Exit Network, was announced September 16th, 2004.

World:
Newsletter of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies
April 2004 issue of the newsletter of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies (no 45).

USA:
Drawing the Euthanasia Movement Together
Book review by Malcolm Hurwitt
"The Good Euthanasia Guide 2004: Where, What, and Who in Choices in Dying", by Derek Humphry.

World:
Court cases draw attention to cause
President’s Report By Michael Irwin: finance, new activities and ageing populations.

World:
Living Wills to be assessed
The 15th international conference of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies, scheduled to take place September 30 through October 3 in Tokyo, has two major roles. One is to exchange views on encountering incidents with members of WFRtDS for a better movement in the world. The other is to analyze a large variety of living wills and to potentially construct living wills aiming the basic uniform rights of the terminally ill act among member societies in the world.

Scotland:
New website for FATE, Scotland

World:
Seguin Award to be made for the first time in Tokyo.

Switzerland:
DIGINITAS digging out from 'avalanche'

World:
World Federation grows, some law successes
President's Report by Michael Irwin, MD, President of the World Federation of Right To Die Societies.

Europe:
Europe is center of progress
Report from the 2003 meeting of the RTD-E by Ron Plummer, President of the Europe Division.

World:
Growing international choices in dying
World Federation Annual Global Report (2003): The annual global report of the president of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies. The report is about the developments worldwide in the field of the right to die in 2003.

Europe:
Declaration of the Luxemburg meeting of the RtD-E (October 24-25, 2003)
The biennal meeting of the European Right to Die societies has been concluded by issueing a declaration.

World:
New website World Federation opened by Michael Irwin
At the convention of the European division of Right to Die Societies in Luxemburg, Michael Irwin officially opened the new website of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies.

Belgium:
One year of enforcement of the law
One year of enforcement of the law, by Jacqueline Herremans

USA:
A Hemlock by any other name...

World:
The Marilyn Seguin Memorial award

Europe:
Europe group getting needed upgrade

Australia:
A plea for the hopelessly ill

World:
Now 38 societies in 23 countries
President's report by Michael Irwin MD.

Netherlands:
Dutch ‘Drion Pill’ becomes ‘Lastwillpill’

Japan:
World conference of WFRtDS in Tokyo

USA:
Right-to-die activism and government crackdowns
At the same time that right to die organizations worldwide are working to secure laws for assisted dying, numerous individuals still use "extralegal" means to end their lives.

World:
The new board of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies

Switzerland:
How it's done in Switzerland

USA:
Brussels conference also a celebration

Belgium:
Euthanasia decriminalized under tight rules