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This has happened before and it will happen again. A teenager has apparently committed suicide using the death information contained in Derek Humphry's book Final Exit Who is Derek Humphry? He founded the Hemlock Society--now Compassion and Choices--with his second wife Ann Wickett, after becoming famous for a book he wrote about assisting the suicide of his first wife, called Jean's Way. Humphry abandoned Wickett when she was diagnosed with breast cancer (as did the rest of the "right to die" community), and she was ultimately befriended by Rita Marker, the hated enemy of "the ultimate civil liberty." Wickett...

LifeNews.com Note: Dave Andrusko is the editor of National Right to Life News and an author and editor of several books on abortion topics. He writes Today's News and Views -- an online editorial column on pro-life issues. Two weeks ago I wrote about "Alleged Assisted Suicide Ring Busted." If you're interested you can find out what my take is on the Final Exit Network.The New York Times picked up the story thread yesterday.The assisted suicide lobby has no more faithful friend, no more aggressive advocate or vociferous cheerleader than the Times. We've long since come to expect that...

I knew the assisted suicide crowd would try to make the four defendants in the assisted suicide of a man who had been treated successfully of cancer, but was undergoing difficult reconstruction surgery and needed a hip replacement, into some kind of civil rights-type heroes. Toward this end, some assisted suicide promoters have labeled them, "The Georgia Four." Meanwhile, the Board of Directors of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies has issued the following statement, demonstrating that the movement does not want to limit assisted suicide to the terminally ill: The Board of the World Federation of...

John Celmer, the man whose death is the subject of the Final Exit Network assisted suicide criminal charges, was not terminally ill. Indeed, he had apparently beaten his cancer. From the story: John Celmer was making what his doctor considered "remarkable progress" last spring after two surgeries to reconstruct his jaw. The 58-year-old Cumming man faced hip replacement surgery for arthritis, but he appeared to have won a battle against head and neck cancer. Then, he was found dead."His doctor was shocked," said Forsyth County Coroner Lauren McDonald III. "He said he shouldn't have died." McDonald said an autopsy...

Bill would approve of suicide Terminally ill patients could seek relief By Juliette Rule rep9@wyomingnews.com Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE - Legislators will be asked to discuss a death-with-dignity bill drafted by Sen. Keith Goodenough in the upcoming legislative session. Discussion of a bill takes a two-thirds vote during a budget session, and given that, Goodenough, D-Casper, said he doesn't expect the bill to go far. "I'm appealing to the leanings of traditional Libertarian attitudes in Wyoming," he said. "The government should stay out of my life as much as possible, especially with such a personal issue." The bill,...