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Euthanasia: Live and Let DIe?
This Fight has been postponed due to sickness of one of the fighters. -Watch this space for updates and a new date.

'Active Euthanasia' is where someone takes active means, such as a lethal injection, to bring about someone’s death, and 'Assisted Suicide' is where a physician has the right to help a patient end their life. In 1997 Oregon became the first (and still only) US state to legalize 'assisted suicide', and Holland and Belgium legalized Euthanasia. Should either of these options become legal practice across the US, or is it incorrect for a government to determine over a patient's life?

"There is no quality of life when the patient is dead."... a nurse

In the meantime, here are some sites for reference on the subject:

Pro: (Right to Die)
The World federation of Right To Die Societies: www.worldrtd.net/
Oregon's Death with Dignity Act: www.ohd.hr.state.or.us/chs/pas/pas.cfm
'End Of Life Choices' Society: www.endoflifechoices.org/index.jsp
Euthanasia Research and Guidance Organisation www.finalexit.org/index.html
Final Exit Network: www.finalexitnetwork.org
The website of the founder of the movement in the USA, Derek Humphry - Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization (ERGO): www.finalexit.org
Death-with-Dignity National Center: www.deathwithdignity.org
Compassion in Dying (now merged with End-of-Life Choices/ Hemlock Society) www.compassionindying.org

Contra: (Right To Life)
Website about court-battled Euthanasia patient Terri Schiavo: www.terrisfight.org/
Citizens United Resisting Euthanasia: http://mysite.verizon.net/cureltd/index.html
National Right To Life : www.nrlc.org/euthanasia/index.html
Human Life Alliance: www.humanlife.org/euthanasia.html
Illinois Federation For Right To Life: www.ifrl.org/ifrl/
Intnl Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: www.internationaltaskforce.org/
Michael Kearl's 'Ring of Death' site: www.trinity.edu/mkearl/dtheuth.html
The Not Dead Yet site: www.notdeadyet.org/

Neutral
general information on research: www.euthanasia.com/
NPR report on Oregon's 'assisted suicide': www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1974227
NPR reports on varied Euthanasia issues: www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2003/dec/endoflife/index.html