Here's a link to the story. There will be no hearing, and the bill will not come to a vote in committee. http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada-legislature/death-dignity-bill-dies-nevada-legislature … [Read more...] about Some More Good News: Assisted Suicide Dies in Nevada Legislature
Rest in Peace, Lauren Hill
The world is a poorer place this morning. WCPO in Cincinnati announced Lauren Hill's death a few minutes ago. She was only nineteen and suffered from a brain cancer similar to Brittany Maynard's. Our love and sympathy goes out to her wonderful family, who fully supported her in dying with authentic dignity. Hill was determined to make her own dying a source of good for … [Read more...] about Rest in Peace, Lauren Hill
Great News: Assisted Suicide Dies Peacefully in the Maryland Legislature
The good news is that there will be no assisted suicide law passed in Maryland in 2015. Two committees were considering the legislation, and both declined to vote on it. The bad news is that the legislature is setting up a study group to come up with a proposal for the next session. Here's the article from the Baltimore Sun. … [Read more...] about Great News: Assisted Suicide Dies Peacefully in the Maryland Legislature
Opposition to Assisted Suicide Is An Urgent Issue of Justice and Civil Rights
Here is a link to disability rights activist Stephen Mendelsohn’s wonderful testimony at the March 18, 2015 public hearing on the assisted suicide bill currently under consideration in the Connecticut General Assembly (HB 7015). Stephen is a leader of Second Thoughts Connecticut, a group of people with disabilities fighting the legalization of assisted suicide because it … [Read more...] about Opposition to Assisted Suicide Is An Urgent Issue of Justice and Civil Rights
A New Method of Doctor-Assisted Suicide: Evisceration of the Living for Organ Donation
Health April 2015 As They Lay Dying Two doctors say it’s far too hard for terminal patients to donate their organs. Joshua Mezrich and Joseph Scalea Mar 16 2015, 8:25 PM ET http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/04/as-they-lay-dying/386273/ Thanks to Alex Schadenberg and Wesley Smith for pointing out an article in the Atlantic advocating a "right" for … [Read more...] about A New Method of Doctor-Assisted Suicide: Evisceration of the Living for Organ Donation