2011: Year in Review: Troy mayor's gay slur, Lions making it to playoffs were …Royal Oak Daily TribuneDr. Jack Kevorkian, a famous advocate of assisted suicide, died June 3. With about 500 responses to a poll on The Oakland Press' website, more than two-thirds clicked that Kevorkian would be remembered “as a hero for his [...]
Law on assisted dying 'incoherent'The Press AssociationFigures released to MPs recently revealed that police had referred 31 cases of suspected assisted suicide since new guidelines were introduced by director of public prosecutions Keir Starmer in February 2010. However, none has led to charges being …and more »
National Post Poll finds more than two-thirds of Canadians support assisted suicide680 NewsAt least two-thirds of Canadians support assisted suicide, according to a Forum Research poll for the National Post. The poll found 67 per cent of Canadians favour legalizing doctor-assisted suicide of terminally ill patients. …67% of Canadians support legalizing assisted suicide: pollNational Postall [...]
National Post 67% of Canadians support legalizing assisted suicide: pollNational PostGloria Taylor, right, enters the BC Supreme Court with the help of Lee Carter, a fellow plaintiff in the case challenging the law regarding assisted-suicide in Vancouver on Dec. 1. More than two-thirds of Canadians support making it legal for doctors …
Photos: People who died in 2011Vancouver SunHe was known for publicly championing a terminal patient's right to die via physician-assisted suicide and claimed to havae assisted more than 100 patients to that end. “Dying is not a crime,” he was quoted as saying. In 1999 he began serving eight …and more »
OneNewsNow Assisted suicide still a no-go in Aloha StateOneNewsNowIn spite of proponents' unique approach to legalize it, Hawaii's ban on doctor-assisted suicide remains in place. Supporters of assisted suicide tried to use a 1909 law that permits the use remedies not typically authorized for terminally ill patients, …
Vote on 2011's top news storiesDetroit Free PressWell-known people, including assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian and former first lady Betty Ford, died. We asked readers: What were the top 10 stories of the year? They've responded, narrowing a list of 20 options to the top 10. …and more »
State said good-bye to number of prominent Michiganders in 2011Detroit Free PressJack Kevorkian, front, with his longtime attorney Geoffrey Fieger behind him, helped alter the conversation on assisted suicide in the US / DAVID P. GILKEY/DETROIT FREE PRESS By Joe Rossiter John Butsicaris ran the legendary Lindell AC bar in Detroit. …and more »
SouthFloridaGayNews.com Crossing the Finish LineSouthFloridaGayNews.comIn a Gallup opinion poll released this past May the most divisive social issue was doctor- assisted suicide. Forty-five percent said they found it morally acceptable and 48 percent said the opposite, and this, in a survey that included questions on gay …
MURDER VERDICT – Judge tells Dixon her tale was a ‘pack of lies’Skegness StandardA WOMAN who locked her businessman fiance in a cupboard at his burning workshop was today (Friday) branded a cold-blooded murderer after a judge described her story of an assisted suicide as a “pack of lies.” Julie Dixon, 43, confessed to the [...]