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Incredible: Vermont Writer Describes Suicide as a Remedy for Overpopulation

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In the October 28th issue of the Bennington Banner, a column by a Bob Stannard, identified only as coming from Manchester VT, actually accuses opponents of assisted suicide (misidentified as “death with dignity”) of contributing to overpopulation. Even leaving aside the irony of this article’s running in a small-town newspaper the same week the Washington Post ran a piece about … [Read more...] about Incredible: Vermont Writer Describes Suicide as a Remedy for Overpopulation

Oregon Doctor Disputes State’s Assisted Suicide

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In this letter to the editor, recently published in the Gloucester Times in Massachusetts, an Oregon doctor concisely debunks the claim that assisted suicide is necessary to avoid unyielding pain.  http://www.gloucestertimes.com/opinion/x553404669/Letter-Oregon-doctor-disputes-states-assisted-suicide Letter: Oregon doctor disputes state's assisted suicide The Gloucester Daily … [Read more...] about Oregon Doctor Disputes State’s Assisted Suicide

Massachusetts Paper’s Editorial against Legalizing Assisted Suicide There: Everything It Says Applies to Vermont

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Initiative proposal is a death trap The Lowell Sun Updated: 10/24/2011 12:14:42 PM EDT http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_19176878#ixzz1c51DKBTP On paper, the Death with Dignity Act sounds like a medical plan whose time has come. Between the lines, however, the proposal, which would allow terminally ill patients to take their own lives with the aid of a licensed … [Read more...] about Massachusetts Paper’s Editorial against Legalizing Assisted Suicide There: Everything It Says Applies to Vermont

Don’t Waste Time on Assisted Suicide: A Great Letter to the Editor of the Times Argus of Montpelier Vermont

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Published: October 25, 2011 http://www.timesargus.com/article/20111025/OPINION02/710259930/1022 Proponents of doctor-prescribed suicide recently (Oct. 6) held a pep rally at the Pavilion Auditorium as part of their ongoing effort to pressure legislators into taking up their cause when the Legislature returns in 2012. Reporter Dirk Van Susteren covered the event for Vt … [Read more...] about Don’t Waste Time on Assisted Suicide: A Great Letter to the Editor of the Times Argus of Montpelier Vermont

Excellent Article About the “Duty to Die”

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Wesley J. Smith has contributed an excellent article to the Center for Bioethics and Culture Network about the promotion of the "Duty to Die" theory within the medical community.  At True Dignity Vermont we have repeatedly argued that legalization of assisted suicide will lead to the sick and disabled feeling an obligation to commit suicide, for not wanting to burden family … [Read more...] about Excellent Article About the “Duty to Die”