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American pro-euthanasia organization From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Euthanasia Educational Fund was established by of the Euthanasia Society of America in 1967 as a tax-exempt organization under US law.[1] It later renamed itself the Euthanasia Educational Council in 1972, and Concern for Dying in 1978.[2][3] The last name change was due to popular misconception that euthanasia referred to so-called "mercy killing", which the society opposed.[4]
Concern for Dying promoted right to die legislation in several US states, as well as promoting the idea of a living will and other legal measures supporting the right to die.[3] By the 1980s the organization became one of the biggest groups promoting voluntary euthanasia in the US, alongside the Society for the Right to Die.[5][6]
The organization is currently defunct.[7]
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