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Websites
A comprehensive listing of physician assisted dying resources from a variety of perspectives.
http://web.longwood.edu/administrative/library/suic.htm

This site presents a comprehensive sets of Q&As about physician assisted dying, and two cases for consideration.
http://eduserv.hscer.washington.edu/bioethics/topics/pas.html

Bowden argues that assisted dying is an American right.
http://www.aynrand.org/medialink/asuicideright.shtml

The suicide of a famous Iowan prompts the editors of the Register to support assisted dying.
http://www.dwd.org/fss/news/dmr.08.31.02.asp

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

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

A transcript of a television program about Dignitas, a Swiss organization that helps terminally ill individuals from around the world hasten their deaths.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/12/60II/main540332.shtml

An editorial about the successful implementation of Oregon assisted dying law.
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.co...rticle/2003/Mar/10/op/op02a.html

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/ar...ile=/c/a/2003/05/08/MN232980.DTL

Personal story of a quadriplegic who seeks assisted suicide.
http://www.geocities.com/my_eternal_rest