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Oregon Docs Not Evaluating for Depression Before Assisted Suicide
LifeNews.com
A compliance form that physicians who dispense lethal prescriptions are legally required to complete and file requires them to confirm that the patient has a terminal illness and that the patient has “six months or less to live.

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LETTER OF THE DAY - Make euthanasia legal in Jamaica
Jamaica Gleaner
In the United States, there are approximately six states where euthanasia is legal: Oregon, Washington, North Carolina, Utah, Wyoming and Virginia. Euthanasia is perhaps not done here in Jamaica, but it is an issue that should be addressed in Gordon

Argentina's senate votes for "dignified death" law
CBS News
The measure expressly forbids euthanasia - actions that provoke death - and instead focuses on the rights of patients and their families. It also absolves doctors of any legal responsibility when they follow the patient's wishes.

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The dismal reality of going 'no-kill'
The Virginian-Pilot
Board members are David Mele, publisher; Donald Luzzatto, editorial page editor; and Candy Hatcher, Daryl Lease, Shawn Day and Michelle Washington, editorial writers. The issue Advocates are pushing for Norfolk's city-run shelter to stop euthanizing

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Then and Now: The Descent of Ethics in the Medical Field
LifeNews.com
In 1969, I could never have imagined that the crime of abortion would be declared a constitutional right or that euthanasia in the guise of “physician assisted suicide” would become legal in any state. And could any of us ever have imagined a time when