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2 Jan, 2002
Hawaii
March 8, 2002
Assisted suicide balloting rejected
Voters probably won't have an opportunity to weigh in on the issue of whether the state should legalize physician- assisted suicide. A proposed state constitutional amendment that would have put the issue on the November ballot failed to win the required two-thirds vote on the House floor yesterday.Hawaii House OKs Assisted Suicide
But Senate Health Committee Chairman David Matsuura has said he will not hold hearings on any House-approved measures, a move that would end any chance of the bills becoming law.February 24, 2002
Bill advances to Hawaii's full House of Representatives
10-1 approval by Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs Committee.
California
Aug 9, 2001
Supreme Court Rules in Robert Wendland Case:
Tightens standard for withdrawal of life sustaining treatmentJuly 18, 2001
Robert Wendland Dies: Was Focus of Right to Die CaseOther Articles about Wendland Case and "Termination of Treatment"
June 14, 2001
WF's Compassion in Dying successful in lawsuit - Undermedicating is Elder Abuse
May 30, 2001
California high court to ponder right to die case of Robert Wendland
Other articles about this caseAug 7, 2001
Florida judge again orders that a comatose woman's life
sustaining treatment can be stopped and be allowed to die . . (August 7)Read the History of this Florida Case
July 11 , 2001
May 9, 2001
April 30, 2001
April 27, 2001
April 13, 2001
Father Wants Judge Removed from the Case! Also wants his son-in-law removed as daughter's guardian (April 13)
April 12, 2001
March 13, 2001
Husband seeks to remove life support before appealMarch 7, 2001
Florida court rules that Michael Schiavo can remove his wife's feeding tube after her parents' appeals are exhausted.
News:
Nov 21, 2001
Oregon's Death with Dignity law gets another temporary reprieve
Nov 14, 2001
Nov 9, 2001
Federal Judge Stops Effort to Overturn Suicide Law (Sam Howe Verhovek, New York Times)
Oregon Assisted - Suicide Law Intact (The Associated Press)
Nov 8 , 2001
Ashcroft Blocked! Federal judge temporarily stops Ashcroft (Associated Press)
Federal Judge Stops Effort to Overturn Suicide Law (New York Times)
Nov 7, 2001
Oregon files lawsuit against feds to protect Death With Dignity Act (Associated Press)
4 Oregon Patients Seeking Suicide Sue U.S. (New York Times)
Federal Doctor-Assisted Suicide Policy Reversed. Senator Wyden: "They have . . . tossed the ballots of Oregon's voters in the trash." (Washington Post)
Nov 6, 2001
Atty Gen Ashcroft Finds Loophole to Use Against Oregon:
Uses DEA drug agents to seize state records & punish docs to end legal aid-in-dying! (Reuters)Oct 31, 2001
Wyden to Bush: Keep hands off Oregon law on assisted suicide (The Oregonian)
Commentaries:
Nov 15, 2001
Ashcroft Promotes Terrorism! Ellen Goodman, "Ashcroft's Odd Targets"
(Boston Globe)Nov 11, 2001
Bush suicide policy shielded in secrecy (Oregonian)Nov 10, 2001
Ashcroft's Meddling (Boston Globe)
Op Ed: Pieces
Nov 9, 2001
Separating Death From Agony (By Jerome Groopman, New York Times)Read the NYTimes response letters!
Bush Presidency Begins Decline (Wettstein , Arizonans for DWD, - a branch of Hemlock USA)
June 14, 2001
March 6, 2001
Right to die campaigner ends her life with doctor's help.
Feb 18, 2001
Oregon's Death With Dignity Act influences end-of-life care across the state
May 15, 2001
Supreme Court rules against marijuana use by patients!March 21, 2001
Comatose Surgeon "Would Prefer Death" Physician Testifies
Feb 2, 2001
Bush may overturn drug law, blocking physician-assisted dying in Oregon.
Public pressure has changed way American medicine deals with end of life.
Sept 19, 2000
Major US newspaper editorials call for opposition to Anti-Assisted Suicide "Pain Relief. New York Times and Los Angeles Times call for veto if bill is passed by the Senate.
June 10, 2000
New England Journal of Medicine editor supports Maine DWD Act.
July 11, 2000Psychiatrist convicted of manslaughter and negligent homicide in morphine overdose deaths of five elderly patients.
Aug 1, 2001
Caregiver faces trial in assisted suicide case