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Update 32: Volume 19, Number 1 — Year 2005, Number 1
Special Report: Dutch euthanasia law exists to protect doctors, not patients
Background
Dijkuis Commission
Groningen Protocol
Belgium in lock step with the Netherlands
“In Memoriam: Terri Schindler Schiavo 1963-2005
California, Hawaii & Vermont say “NO” to assisted-suicide bills this year
Oregon family leaks PAS failure: Compassion & Choices’ veracity questioned by newspaper
Oregon releases 2004 stats on reported PAS deaths
Pushing Infanticide: From Holland to New Jersey by Wesley J. Smith
Lords: Euthanasia/PAS should be debated in Parliament session
Disabled man’s right to life challenged in U.K.
Update 33: Volume 19, Number 2 — Year 2005, Number 2
U.S. Supreme Court: ITF submits amicus brief in Gonzales v. Oregon
Background on Gonzales v. Oregon
ITF’s amicus curiae brief
Summary of Argument
Argument I: Ashcroft Directive does not criminalize assisted suicide
Argument IV: Oregon law not wholly intrastate in nature
Terri’s autopsy: Key questions still unanswered
The eating disorder theory
More questions
Governor calls for investigation
Was Terri PVS?
California’s assisted suicide bill down for the count in 2005
Schiavo-inspired laws opposed by AMA
False Federalism by Wesley J. Smith
Australia clamps down on Nitschke’s web suicide trade
British & New Zealand doctors take different stands on euthanasia and assisted suicide
British court reverses Leslie Burke ruling
Swiss government panel says assisted suicide should remain legal
Update 34: Volume 19, Number 3 — Year 2005, Number 3
Dutch studies don’t tell whole story about euthanasia practice
Editorial questions validity
Euthanasia for children
Britain & Canada to debate assisted suicide
Peter Singer: Sanctity of life will be destroyed