Assisted Suicide

CBS News, 60 Minutes II - "Switzerland's Suicide Tourists" - A transcript of a television program about Dignitas, a Swiss organization that helps terminally ill individuals from around the world hasten their deaths. <small>(February 12, 2003)</small>
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/12/60II/main540332.shtml

Assisted Suicide: The Philosophers' Brief - Legal arguments for the legalization of physician assisted suicide from the 1997 Supreme Court amicus brief by six philosophers.
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1237

I Want to Die - Personal story of a quadriplegic who seeks assisted suicide.
http://www.geocities.com/my_eternal_rest/

Back Off John! - A site by Oregon Death with Dignity, which supports end-of-life choice, that presents arguments against U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft's interference in Oregon physician assisted dying law. The site also provides information about the Oregon law, and a petition to "sign" to demonstrate opposition to Ashcroft's actions.
http://www.backoffjohn.com

Honolulu Advertiser - "Oregon not deluged with assisted suicides" - An editorial about the successful implementation of Oregon assisted dying law. <small>(March 10, 2003)</small>
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/Mar/10/op/op02a.html

Pro-Life Blogs - Directory and post aggregator of web logs supporting and promoting sanctrity of life issues in all aspects. Also includes original material.
http://www.prolifeblogs.com/

Oregon Public Health Services: Oregon's Death with Dignity Act - Information and annual reports on the implementation of Oregon's Death with Dignity Act, which legalized physician assisted dying for competent, terminally ill adults.
http://www.dhs.state.or.us/publichealth/chs/pas/pas.cfm

San Francisco Chronicle - "Court hears suicide-law case; Appellate judges grill federal lawyer over strategy in Oregon" - The U.S. Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments in Oregon v. Ashcroft, the case contesting the Attorney General's attempted nullification of Oregon's physician assisted dying law.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/05/08/MN232980.DTL