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The Mission of the Hemlock Society of San Diego
Choice, dignity and control at the end of life
What We Do
At Hemlock Society of San Diego, we strive to:
- Educate the San Diego community about end of life choices with public meetings six times a year, We have heard from Derek Humphry, author of Final Exit; from Neal Nicol, biographer of Jack Kevorkian; from Dick Mac Donald MD, Medical Advisor, Final Exit Network and many more.
- Support options for a humane, self-determined death by contributing to campaigns for law reform, legal defense, and the World Federation of Right to Die Societies.
- Publish newsletter with information about developments worldwide six times a year.
- Bring like-minded people together to discuss end-of-life choices.
- Provide resource information such as international books, pamphlets, DVDs.
- We are proud members of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies.
What We Believe
LIBERTY AND DEATH
A Manifesto Concerning an Individual’s Right to Choose to Die
By Derek Humphry, founder of the Hemlock Society
In a spirit of compassion for all, this manifesto proclaims that every competent adult has the incontestable right to humankind’s ultimate civil and personal liberty -- the right to die in a manner and at a time of their own choosing.
Suicide no longer being a crime, it is unacceptable to prosecute well-meaning people for assisting a suicide.
Medically hastened death by request should be made lawful as it is now in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland and the American states of Oregon, Washington and Montana (each has different rules).
Views on the dying process contrary to those expressed in this manifesto are respected, but must not trump the autonomy of the dying person’s own decisions.
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Featured Articles
Argentine Senate Approves 'Dignified Death' Law -- ABC News -- May 10, 2012
Letter to the San Diego Union-Tribune about Junior Seau's death -- by Faye Girsh -- May 4, 2012
Letter to the San Diego Union-Tribune about "Suicide Kits" -- by Faye Girsh -- April 18, 2012
Angel of Mercy or Angel of Death? -- San Diego Union-Tribune -- by Steve Schmidt and Greg Moran -- April 15, 2012
Elderly Man Accused of Assisting in Wife's Suicide -- San Diego Union-Tribune -- by Kristina Davis, J. Harry Jones and Pauline Repard -- March 21, 2012
British Court Allows Right-to-Die Case to Proceed -- San Diego Union-Tribune -- by Maria Chang, AP Medical Writer -- March 13, 2012
Hospice and Physician-Assisted Death: Collaboration, Compliance, and Complicity -- The Hastings Center -- by Courtney Campbell and Jessica Cox -- September/October 2010
Dutch Offered 'Euthanasia on Wheels-" - BBC News, The Hague -- by Anna Holligan -- March 2, 2012
Click here to see additional articles.
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