Weblinks
Links to Supporters of Assisted Dying:
Network of those abused by the Church NAC, a non-partisan, non-sectarian, progressive, secular humanist organisation, welcomes people with a wide variety of opinions about religion and politics. It links together individuals from across the globe deeply concerned with the Vatican and the Christian Right’s tireless work to insinuate their values into every aspect of public policy debate at every level of government. [Highly recommended. A site with resources galore!]
Society for Old Age Rational Suicide According to the SOARS webpage, “… the main objective of SOARS is to begin a campaign to get the law eventually changed in the UK so that very elderly, mentally competent individuals, who are suffering unbearably from various health problems (although none of them is “terminal”) are allowed to receive a doctor’s assistance to die, if this is their persistent choice.”
Death with Dignity Death with Dignity National Center (DDNC) is a 501(c)3, non-partisan, non-profit organization that has led the legal defense and education of the Oregon Death with Dignity Law for more than 11 years. DDNC’s Oregon Death with Dignity Political Action Fund is a distinct and separate 501(c)4 entity responsible for the political defense of the Oregon law and the promotion of death with dignity initiatives in other states. DDNC board of directors is comprised of some of the death with dignity movement’s most esteemed medical, legal and scholarly experts. [from "About Us' on the Death with Dignity webpage]
World Federation of Right to Die Societies [The World Federation, founded in 1980, consists of 44 right to die organizations from 25 countries (July, 2009). The Federation provides an international link for organizations working to secure or protect the rights of individuals to self-determination at the end of their lives.]
Healthcare Professionals for Assisted Dying [Healthcare Professionals for Assisted Dying (HPAD) believes that healthcare professionals have a duty of care to their patients, which informs our belief that people should not have to suffer against their wishes at the end of life.]
Members of Right to Die International [A list of email and web addresses to right-to-die associations world wide.]
Dignity in Dying, UK [Dignity in Dying campaigns for a change in the law on assisted dying for terminally ill, mentally competent adults.]
Dying with Dignity (Canada) [Canadians' Voice for Choice at the end of life]
Friends at the End (FATE) [Friends at the End is a members' democratic society, dedicated to promoting knowledge about end-of-life choices and dignified death.]
Association québécoise pour le droit de mourir dans la dignité – AQDMD [Quebec Association for the right to die with dignity]
Exit International [Exit International provides advocacy and information for end of life choices. Founded by Dr. Philip Nitschke, Exit International holds meetings and workshops in Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Canada]
Exit [Keeping up to date on end of life, euthanasia, self-deliverance and assisted suicide]
Compassion and Choices [American organization dedicated to the care and rights of terminally ill patients, including those seeking physician aid in dying]
Assisted-Suicide Blog [Weblog of Derek Humphry, founder of the Hemlock Society & author of Final Exit, serving the rights of competent, terminally ill adults for 30 years]
Links to Opponents of Assisted Dying:
Alex Schadenburg’s Blog [Schadenburg is the Executive Director of the Roman Catholic organisation The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition. For shrill, misleading commentary, his blog is hard to beat.]
The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition [Canada's voice for tyranny over the dying]
Care not Killing [The name says it all. The Care not Killing Alliance promotes palliative care, but condemns assisted dying. Choice is not a priority for Care not Killing. Like other religious opponents of assisted dying, Care not Killing thinks that others should choose for you at the end of life.]
