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May 16, 2011 Switzerland Rejects Ban On Physician-Assisted Death And "Suicide Tourism" - NPR News
April 27, 2011 Woman who helped mom die in Europe sues to legalize assisted dying in Canada - The Canadian Press
April 21, 2011 AZ Jury returns verdicts on Final Exit Network members - AZFamily.com
April 20, 2011 GA Ga. judge rejects assisted suicide law challenge - Associated Press
April 17, 2011 VT Vt. man has unique view on end-of-life debate - Beaumont Enterprise
April 11, 2011 OR Changes to Death with Dignity Act Stalled by Lack of Support - The Lund Report
March 30, 2011 OR A Low Blow to the Death With Dignity Act - The Source Weekly
March 20, 2011 VT Isn't this supposed to be a free country? - VT Digger
March 18, 2011 VT Death with Dignity - Vermont Tiger
Feb. 22, 2011 VT VT braces for Death with Dignity debate - Boston Globe
Feb. 20, 2011 MT Montana lawmakers punt on physician-assisted suicide - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Feb. 18, 2011 VT Story + video: Advocates push for law to allow "patient-directed" death - VT Digger
Feb. 17, 2011 VT Lawmakers Face Tough Bill On 'Right To Die' - Vermont Public Radio
Feb. 8, 2011 HI Assisted suicide bill stalls - Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Jan. 30, 2011 ID Lawmaker proposes bill to exempt end-of-life decisions from conscience law - Times-News
Jan. 26, 2011 UT At Sundance: How to Die in Oregon - Indie Movies
Jan. 25, 2011 NY Large Majorities Support Doctor Assisted Suicide for Terminally Ill Patients in Great Pain - PR Newswire
Jan. 24, 2011 UT Unflinching End-of-Life Moments - The New York Times
Jan. 20, 2011 VT Death, taxes certain topics for Vermont lawmakers - Burlington Free Press
Jan. 14, 2011 MT MT lawmaker sponsors bill to address "aid in dying" - KRTV News
Jan. 12, 2011 VT With a New Governor in Power, Will Vermonters Finally Win Their "Right to Die"? - Seven Days
Dec. 14, 2010 GA Right-to-die group argues Georgia suicide law unconstitutional - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Dec. 8, 2010 MA Elizabeth Edwards and Her Final Days in Hospice Care - Politics Daily
Nov. 23, 2010 Cancer is killing me, so why can't I decide when and how I die? - The Daily Mail
Aug. 18, 2010 Palliative Care Extends Life, Study Finds - The New York Times
July 26, 2010 NY Letting Go: What should medicine do when it can’t save your life? - The New Yorker
July 14, 2010 Guidelines for ‘death with dignity’ agreed - The Korea Herald
July 9, 2010 MT Opposing Assisted-Suicide Bills Being Drafted - Flathead Beacon
July 8, 2010 MT Missoula lawmaker drafting bill to implement high court's physician-assisted suicide decision - Missoulian
July 3, 2010 Patients, families asking for ‘death with dignity’ - JoongAng Daily
July 3, 2010 Correction: Germany right-to-die story - The Associated Press
June 25, 2010 German court legalises euthanasia with patient consent - BBC
June 25, 2010 German Court Liberalizes Rules for Right to Die Cases - The New York Times
June 24, 2010 OR Oregon Medical Board suspends doctor who wants to open a Portland facility where the terminally ill can die under the assisted-suicide law - OregonLive.com
June 23, 2010 OR Portland doctor plans house where terminally ill can kill themselves - OregonLive.com
June 18, 2010 Court grants woman right to die - ABC News
June 14, 2010 NY What Broke My Father’s Heart - The New York Times
June 9, 2010 Grandfather dies in agony because hospital ignored signed declaration stating he didn't want to be revived - Mail Online
June 8, 2010 CT Superior Court Judge Dismisses Doctors' Request To Prescribe Lethal Medication To Terminally Ill - Hartford Courant
June 4, 2010 NY Clinton-Era Kagan Documents Are Released - Wall Street Journal
June 4, 2010 NY Kagan on Assisted Suicide - The New York Times
June 1, 2010 DC Prescription for Change: Be Your Own Death Panel - National Women's Health Network
May 30, 2010 MT Physician assisted suicide ban proposal - News Channel 13 KECI - Missoula
May 28, 2010 HI ENV 2010-16 SUPPORTING DEATH WITH DIGNITY - PAGE 17: Environment and Health and Human Services Convention Committee Report
May 27, 2010 MT Oregon law a 'laboratory' for Montana - Queen City News
May 20, 2010 U.K.’s General Medical Council Allows Doctors To Follow Wishes Of Dying Patients - All Headline News
May 14, 2010 As End of Life Nears, What to Do With Implanted Defibrillators? - US News and World Report
April 25, 2010 Dignitas: British doctor first to face charges under new assisted suicide guidelines - Telegraph
April 16, 2010 CA Placerville death raises questions of assisted suicide - The Sacramento Bee
April 15, 2010 NY Making Your Wishes Known at the End of Life - The New York Times
April 13, 2010 VT Democratic gubernatorial candidates debate in Shelburne - The Burlington Free Press
April 12, 2010 HI UH panel to discuss physician-assisted dying - Honolulu Advertiser
April 12, 2010 CA ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ episode about suicide hits the mark - Los Angeles Times
April 9, 2010 MT Advocates: At least 1 assisted suicide in Montana - Yahoo News - Associated Press
April 9, 2010 MT Terminally ill Montanans have chosen death - Billings Gazette
April 1, 2010 GA ‘Final Exit' members plead not guilty, claiming law unconstitutional - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
March 25, 2010 MA March 25, 2010: Death With Dignity - TheBostonChannel.com
March 21, 2010 WA Tory's journey ends - King 5 News.com
March 20, 2010 New fight for euthanasia - The Mercury.com.au
March 19, 2010 Living and Dying - Times Online
March 15, 2010 The New Doctor Death - Newsweek
March 14, 2010 WA Program for dying to end at Franciscan - The News Tribune
March 9, 2010 WA Booth Gardner documentary basks in Oscars spotlight - The Seattle Times
March 8, 2010 CT Early Arguments In Connecticut Doctor Assisted Suicide Case - WTIC News Talk 1080
March 7, 2010 WA Why some couldn't die on their own terms - The Seattle Times
March 4, 2010 WA Report Finds 36 Died Under Assisted Suicide Law - The New York Times
March 4, 2010 WA Suicide doses for 63 in 1st 9 months of Wash. law - The Seattle Times
March 3, 2010 Call for views over assisted suicide Bill - Edinburgh Evening News
March 2, 2010 IL Study: Parents Weigh Hastening End for Dying Children - Time, Inc.
March 2, 2010 IL Parents say doctors hastened death for dying kids - The Associated Press
Feb. 25, 2010 Law on assisted dying is inhuman, says GP with cancer - The Guardian
Feb. 25, 2010 Assisted suicide - reaction to new guidelines - Times Online
Feb. 25, 2010 Mercy killers to face the full rigour of criminal law, says DPP - Times Online
Feb. 25, 2010 Policy for Prosecutors in Respect of Cases of Encouraging or Assisting Suicide - The Crown Prosecution Service
Feb. 24, 2010 MA Emotional testimony at State House hearing on right-to-die bill - The Milford Daily News
Feb. 23, 2010 CA Tropico Perspective - Glendale News Press
Feb. 23, 2010 MA Massachusetts lawmakers take up 'Death With Dignity' bill - NECM.com
Feb. 22, 2010 MA State mulls right-to-die bill - Boston Herald
Feb. 21, 2010 Half the population would make a 'living will' if it was easy, says new poll - Telegraph
Feb. 11, 2010 Google refuses Australian government request to censor YouTube - Telegraph
Feb. 1, 2010 Public Support for Assisted Suicide - UK Polling Report
Jan. 30, 2010 Douglas Todd: A moral question of how to die - The Vancouver Sun
Jan. 26, 2010 Gilderdale case prompts fresh calls to clarify the law on assisted dying - Times Online
Jan. 26, 2010 Should law be changed on 'mercy killings'? - BBC
Jan. 25, 2010 Right to die: For and against - BBC
Jan. 23, 2010 Britons travelling to Dignitas-style clinics to commit sucide face new £30,000 death tax - Telegraph
Jan. 21, 2010 Scottish committee to investigate legalising assisted suicide - The Guardian
Jan. 21, 2010 Assisted suicide bill published by MSP Margo MacDonald - BBC
Jan. 13, 2010 NH 'Death With Dignity' Bill Rejected By NH House - WMUR 9 New Hampshire
Jan. 12, 2010 Swiss politicians ponder ban on assisted suicide - RT.com
Jan. 11, 2010 NY Facing End-of-Life Talks, Doctors Choose to Wait - The New York Times
Jan. 10, 2010 MT Doctors won't rush into assisted suicide - Billings Gazette
Jan. 6, 2010 MT Daughter Hails Montana's Right-to-Die Ruling - ABC News
Jan. 1, 2010 Doctor backs law change to help terminally ill die - The Guardian
Dec. 31, 2009 NY Montana Ruling Bolsters Doctor-Assisted Suicide - The New York Times
Dec. 26, 2009 NY Hard Choice for a Comfortable Death: Sedation - The New York Times
Dec. 16, 2009 MPs back doctors' right to help their patients die - Times Online
Dec. 15, 2009 HI Legalize aided suicide - Star Bulletin
Dec. 14, 2009 HI Hospital Shooting Sparks Assisted Suicide Debate - KITV.com
Dec. 14, 2009 HI Kailua Case Ignites Physician-Assisted Suicide Debate - KHON2
Dec. 13, 2009 HI Attempted killing puts issue of terminally ill back in spotlight - Honolulu Advertisor
Dec. 9, 2009 Japan doctor gets suspended jail term for 'mercy killing' - Asia One News
Dec. 1, 2009 Husband tells of assisted suicide ordeal - Batley & Birstall News
Nov. 29, 2009 Law Unnecessary for Treatment of Comatose - The Korea Times
Oct. 27, 2009 Why I changed my mind on assisted dying - The Times
Oct. 23, 2009 Third of doctors act to shorten lives of dying - The Guardian
Oct. 21, 2009 GA Judge sides with group - Final Exit could get money back - Dawson News
Oct. 19, 2009 DC Assisted-suicide statute challenged by 2 Connecticut doctors - American Medical News
Oct. 11, 2009 CT Doctors Deserve Assisted Suicide Answer - Hartford Courant
Oct. 7, 2009 CT Conn. doctors sue over state assisted-suicide law - Hartford Courant
Oct. 7, 2009 CT Doctors file 'aid in dying' lawsuit - Connecticut Post
Oct. 5, 2009 Assisted Suicide TV Programme Reopens Debate - The Copenhagen Post
Oct. 1, 2009 OR Dying: Study tracks kin of those using Death With Dignity - The Oregonian
Sept. 28, 2009 Interim policy for prosecutors in respect of cases of assisted suicide in the UK - The Crown Prosecution Service
Sept. 25, 2009 NH Questions remain on assisted suicide bill - Union Leader
Sept. 24, 2009 England Eases Rules on Assisted Suicide - Wall Street Journal
Sept. 14, 2009 MT Most favor physician-assisted suicide - Helena Independent Record
Sept. 8, 2009 11 End Lives Under WA Assisted Suicide Law - Associated Press
Sept. 5, 2009 TX Fort Worth family's experience offers perspective on end-of-life planning - The Star-Telegram
Aug. 31, 2009 NY Montana Court to Rule on Assisted Suicide Case - The New York Times
Aug. 23, 2009 MT Alberton woman testified passionately for right to die - The Missoulian
Aug. 19, 2009 NY At the End, Offering Not a Cure but Comfort - The New York Times
Aug. 9, 2009 OR Facts fall victim in end of life debate - The Oregonian
Aug. 4, 2009 OR Death With Dignity law irrelevant to most dying Oregonians - The Oregonian
Aug. 3, 2009 Assisted suicide law will apply to deaths in Britain and abroad - The Daily Telegraph
July 30, 2009 Exploring the nursing implications of physician-assisted suicide in the UK - NursingTimes.net
July 30, 2009 Debbie Purdy wins 'significant legal victory' on assisted suicide - The Guardian
July 24, 2009 Royal College of Nursing drops opposition to assisted suicide - The Daily Telegraph
July 23, 2009 VT Vermont Public Radio Commentary - Kunin: Death with dignity - Vermont Public Radio
July 20, 2009 Our view on 'death with dignity': Physician-assisted suicide quietly gains ground - USA Today
July 16, 2009 Quebec docs endorse controlled euthanasia - United Press International
July 14, 2009 Conductor Sir Edward Downes and wife end lives at Dignitas clinic - The Daily Telegraph
July 12, 2009 Swiss Group Agrees Rules For Assisted Suicide - Javno.com
July 7, 2009 House of Lords votes against allowing Britons to help terminally ill die at 'suicide clinics' - The Daily Telegraph
June 4, 2009 WA Olympic Medical Center amends Death with Dignity policy - Peninsula Daily News
June 3, 2009 WA OMC board to revisit Death/Dignity tonight - Sequim Gazette
June 3, 2009 WA Group reports second death under new suicide law - The Seattle Times
June 1, 2009 MT Briefs pile up in assisted suicide case - KPAX.com
May 29, 2009 WA Linda Fleming, John Peyton and Assisted Suicide in Washington - Associated Content
May 23, 2009 WA Choosing when to die was "truly what she wanted to do," says friend - The Seattle Times
May 22, 2009 OR First death under Washington Death With Dignity law - The Oregonian
May 15, 2009 Death With Dignity: Combatting Religious Opposition to Physician-Assisted Suicide - Religion Dispatches
May 13, 2009 MA Stoughton man: Let me die on my own terms - The Patriot Ledger
May 7, 2009 CA In rural Washington state, law allows assisted suicide, but most doctors don't - Los Angeles Times
April 7, 2009 MO Death Watch: Final Exit's clandestine ways have put the assisted-suicide network on life support - Riverfront Times
March 5, 2009 WA State's hospitals formulate assisted-suicide plan - The Seattle Times
March 5, 2009 WA Seeking to leave this life with a measure of dignity - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
March 5, 2009 WA Real benefit may be in breaking a taboo: talking about death - Yakima Herald-Republic
March 5, 2009 Many WA hospitals opting out of 'death with dignity' law - MSNBC
March 4, 2009 WA New Law Aids Dying Patients Seeking to Hasten Death - KUOW News
March 4, 2009 WA WA Death With Dignity Law Takes Effect Thursday - OPB News
March 4, 2009 NY A 2nd State Lets Doctors Lend Help in Suicide - The New York Times
March 2, 2009 Washington state to enact assisted suicide law - AFP
March 1, 2009 WA 'Death With Dignity' Law Takes Effect in Washington State - Fox News
Feb. 23, 2009 WA New Doctor-Assisted Suicide Law Takes Effect March 5 - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Feb. 22, 2009 WA FAQ on Death with Dignity Act - Bellingham Herald
Feb. 22, 2009 WA Questions Remain as Death with Dignity Law Goes into Effect - Bellingham Herald
Feb. 22, 2009 WA Death with Dignity Act Rules Adopted by State Health Department - KHQ – TV
Feb. 21, 2009 WA ‘Death with Dignity Act’ Rules Finalized - The News Tribune
Feb. 20, 2009 Luxembourg says 'yes' to euthanasia - Daily Mail
Feb. 11, 2009 WA Rules Governing State’s Death with Dignity Laws Debated - Seattle Times
Feb. 9, 2009 WA Assisted Suicide Law: Now for the Rules - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Feb. 2, 2009 WA After Passage of I-1000, Now What? - Bellingham Herald
Jan. 9, 2009 MT Judge Dismisses Request to Freeze Assisted-Suicide Decision - Helena Independent
Jan. 9, 2009 MT Stay of Ruling on Suicide Rejected - Billings Gazette
Jan. 8, 2009 American Public Health Association Releases New Policy Supporting Patients Right to Death with Dignity - Medical News Today
Dec. 11, 2008 MA Physician-Assisted Death – From Oregon to Washington State - New England Journal of Medicine
Dec. 6, 2008 NY Montana Judge Endorses Right to Assisted Suicide - Associated Press/New York Times
Nov. 5, 2008 WA Assisted suicide legalized in this state - The Olympian
Nov. 5, 2008 WA Physicians' education on end-of-life measure begins - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Oct. 30, 2008 WA Endorsements - Statewide Ballot Initiatives - Sound Politics
Oct. 22, 2008 WA Weighing in on Washington initiatives - The Daily Evergreen
Oct. 22, 2008 WA I-1000 would allow people to die on their own terms - The Vashon Beachcomber
Oct. 14, 2008 WA In our view: Three statewide initiatives - The Vancouver Columbian
Oct. 7, 2008 WA I-1000 is matter of personal choice - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Oct. 4, 2008 WA For times when choice is right - The Wenatchee World
Sept. 23, 2008 WA Support grows for so-called 'death with dignity' measure - King 5 News
Sept. 22, 2008 Voters to decide Death with Dignity in Washington state - The Huffington Post
Sept. 22, 2008 WA Initiative 1000 would let patients get help ending their lives - The Seattle Times
Sept. 7, 2008 WA Statistics of Oregon patients add dimensions to end-of-life debate - The Olympian
Sept. 2, 2008 WA Catholic parishes raising money to fight assisted suicide measure - The News Tribune
Aug. 19, 2008 WA Catholic cash flows against I-1000 - Politicker Washington
July 9, 2008 WA Death with Dignity foes lose effort to protect donors - The Seattle Times
July 3, 2008 WA Family fights for assisted suicide vote; for a cancer patient it’s a personal initiative - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
June 28, 2008 WA Church speaks out about assisted suicide bill: pain and suffering and illness are important parts of our faith experience - Yakima Herald-Republic
June 27, 2008 WA Self determination should be aright for dying souls - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
June 22, 2008 NM Conflict emerges over efforts to create “death with dignity” initiative - Santa Fe New Mexican
May 28, 2008 WA Initiative would allow for peaceful, planned deaths - PNWLocalNews.com
May 19, 2008 WA Assisted-suicide opposition group wants to keep donors private - The Daily News
Jan. 10, 2008 WA Judging the dying: Oregon's experience - The Seattle Times

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