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| Founded | 1993 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Derek Humphry |
| Focus | Death with dignity |
| Location | |
Area served | International |
| Website | finalexit.org |
ERGO’s mission is to provide information and literature on the right to choose to die by a competent adult, either by assisted suicide or self-deliverance.
Organization Objectives
editERGO, incorporated under Oregon law in 1993 as a nonprofit educational organization, has more than 5,000 supporters (2009) and is a member organization of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies. ERGO maintains three web sites www.finalexit.org, www.assistedsuicide.org and www.assistedsuicide.org/blog and delivers an internet news digest to subscribers around the world, with a focus on right to die topics (USA and international) including assisted-suicide and euthanasia.
ERGO's objectives include educating the public on assisted-suicide laws throughout the world and in the US, including the Oregon Death with Dignity Act, which legalized physician-assisted suicide (PAS) in Oregon. ERGO maintains a historical bibliography related to these topics, as well a chronology of events and a listing of the subject matter appearing in the movies and in TV shows.
The ERGO Bookstore distributes ‘Final Exit’, the well-known ‘how-to’ book by Derek Humphry and contributes the profits to other right to die groups. Since 1999, ERGO has hosted the suicide device research group NuTech which meets in various world cities to examine new ways of legal self-deliverance.[1]
ERGO Manifesto
editERGO's mission forms the basis of a manifesto, authored in March 2009 by Derek Humphry, and titled Liberty and Death: A manifesto concerning an individual's right to choose to die. In Mr. Humphry's words he suggests "the autonomy of the dying person’s own decisions" is paramount. "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" [2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Info provided by Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization (ERGO) <http://www.finalexit.org/index.html>.
- ^ 'Liberty and Death' manifesto at www.assistedsuicide.org website <http://www.assistedsuicide.org/liberty_and_death_manifesto_right_to_die.html>.
External links
edit- FinalExit.org - Info and literature on issues surrounding assisted suicide and euthanasia
- ERGO Bookstore
- AssistedSuicide.org website and news blog
- Derek Humphry biography