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From Partnership for Caring
What You Can Do to Help the Death With Dignity Movement (Special Edition 1997)
[Archived Article]
From Compassion in Dying

News

Advocacy Group Seeks Personal Stories From Californians in Support of Aid-in-Dying Bill (Fall 2004)
In Connections, from Compassion in Dying
Challenging Religious Restrictions on End-of-Life Care (Fall 2004)
U.S. organizations push religious hospitals to notify people about their restrictions on do-not-resuscitate orders and other end-of-life policies.
In Connections, from Compassion in Dying
Medical Study Confirms Patients' Independence (Summer 2003)
Patients who use Oregon's aid-in-dying law are found to be fiercely independent.
In Connections, from Compassion in Dying
AIDS Action Disappointed by Supreme Court Decision Against Assisted Suicide (June 26, 1997)
From AIDS Action Council
A Message to Our Supporters (Winter 1996/1997)
From Compassion in Dying
Compassion in Dying Goes National (Special Edition 1997)
[Archived Article]
From Compassion in Dying
Compassion Opens Center for End of Life Law & Policy (Special Edition 1997)
From Compassion in Dying
Supporters Attend Church Service in the Nation's Capitol (Winter 1996/1997)
From Compassion in Dying

Legal Updates

Oregon's Aid-in-Dying Law: Whose Agenda Is It Anyway? (Fall 2004)
As U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft leaves his post, he fires a parting shot: A request that the Supreme Court hear an appeal of his rejected case against Oregon's aid-in-dying law.
In Connections, from Compassion in Dying
Appellate Judges Veer Off on Procedure Questions (Summer 2003)
The U.S. Court of Appeals hears arguments on Oregon's aid-in-dying law.
In Connections, from Compassion in Dying
Oregon's Aid-in-Dying Law Report: Numbers Low, Trust High (Spring 2003)
From Compassion in Dying
Round II, Oregon v. Ashcroft Oral Arguments Announced (Spring 2003)
Attorney General John Ashcroft continues his battle against Oregon's aid-in-dying law.
From Compassion in Dying
Oregon's Assisted-Dying Law: Seldom Used -- No Complications (Spring 2001)
In Compassion in Dying, from Compassion in Dying
Alaska Constitutional Challenge Moves to Supreme Court (Spring 2000)
In Compassion in Dying, from Compassion in Dying
Oregon Second-Year DWD Report: Rarely Used, No Complications (Spring 2000)
In Compassion in Dying, from Compassion in Dying
Compassion Brings Court Challenge in Alaska and Seeks Recognition of Right Under State's Constitution (January 1999)
In Compassion in Dying, from Compassion in Dying
Oregon's Death With Dignity Act Still Stalled (Winter 1997)
From Compassion in Dying
Our Day in Court (Winter 1997)
From Compassion in Dying
Regulating the Right to Die: The Supreme Court Considers Physician-Assisted Suicide (Winter 1997)
In The Lambda Update, from Lambda Legal
Supreme Court Overturns Lower Courts (Special Edition 1997)
From Compassion in Dying
In the Matter of Life and Death, Two Courts Rule That Either Is Your Choice (June 1996)
In POZ Magazine, from Lambda Legal

Personal Stories/Essays

Assisted Dying (2007)
Full copy of a book by Sheila McLean.
From Routledge
AIDS Patient Ends 10-Year Battle (Spring 2003)
James decides to let himself -- not AIDS -- have the final say as to when he should die.
In Connections, from Compassion in Dying
On My Mind: Pro-Choice and Pro-God (Fall 2001)
In Compassion in Dying, from Compassion in Dying
Disabled Rights Activist Advocates for Aid-in-Dying (Spring 2001)
In Compassion in Dying, from Compassion in Dying
Jake's Story (Spring 2001)
Guns, hallucinations and the final days of a cancer patient's life.
In Compassion in Dying, from Compassion in Dying
New Reports From Netherlands Reveal No Slippery Slope (Winter 1997)
On physician-assisted dying.
From Compassion in Dying
"No One Trusts the Dying" (Special Edition 1997)
From Compassion in Dying
A Message to Our Supporters (Winter 1996/1997)
From Compassion in Dying

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