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Legislative measures that would legalize hastened dying.

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• Annotated Legal Cases on Physician-Assisted Suicide in the USA

  http://www.rbs2.com/pas.pdf
  Technical legal discussion of court cases and Oregon's statute.

• BBC News - "Belgium legalises euthanasia"

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/1992018.stm
  The Belgian parliament passed legislation legalizing euthanasia.

• BBC News - "Bid to legalise assisted suicide"

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2782887.stm
  A prominent attorney indicates his intention to introduce a bill to legalize assisted dying in the United Kingdom.

• BBC News - "Isle of Man in euthanasia bid"

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3028281.stm
  The Lower House of Parliament of the Isle of Man has voted to investigate the issue of end-of-life choice.

• Columbus Dispatch - "Tolerated for years, euthanasia made legal"

  http://www.aproundtable.org/library/articles/life/euth_legalized.html
  The Dutch Parliament passes a measure legalizing euthanasia and physician assisted dying for individuals who are suffering unbearably.

• Honolulu Star-Bulletin - "Another undignified year for death with dignity"

  http://starbulletin.com/2003/03/07/editorial/gathering.html
  A Hawaii advocate for end-of-life choice bemoans inaction on state legislation to legalize physician assisted dying.

• The Guardian: Nurses' Leader Backs Bill to Aid Euthanasia

  http://www.theguardian.com/society/2003/jun/06/health.politics
  Karen Sanders, Chair of the Ethics Forum of the Royal College of Nursing in England, endorses assisted dying legislation.

• The Honolulu Advertiser - "Assisted suicide bill rejected"

  http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2002/May/03/ln/ln03a.html
  2002 legislation to legalize physician assisted dying in Hawaii is narrowly defeated.

 

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