Thanks to Rhonda Wiebe, Canadian disability rights activist and friend of True Dignity Vermont, for finding and posting on Facebook the article in italics below, from Roseland, California's online newspaper, Rocklin and RosevilleToday (www.rocklintoday.com/news/templates/disabilities.asp?articleid=9929&zoneid=64). Drake Isn't Dead Yet Sunday, May 15, 2011 - Daniel … [Read more...] about Drake Isn’t Dead Yet
Anti Disability and Pro Assisted Suicide Message of Doctor-Prescribed Death Report in Vermont Newspaper
Apparently we missed a piece published last March by one of the few VT papers to editorialize in favor of legalizing assisted suicide. It tells the story of a Vermont woman with ALS who moved to Oregon specifically so she could commit suicide with assistance. So much for the claim that a state with legal assisted suicide will not become a suicide destination! The story in … [Read more...] about Anti Disability and Pro Assisted Suicide Message of Doctor-Prescribed Death Report in Vermont Newspaper
Changing the law to legalise assisted suicide would put pressure on disabled people to kill themselves, according to new research into patients’ fears.
From the Telegraph, the most widely-read British newspaper: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8501306/Allowing-assisted-suicide-would-pressurise-disabled-to-kill-themselves.html By Tim Ross, Social Affairs Editor 7:00AM BST 09 May 2011 Disabled people say they fear a new law on assisted dying will pressure them into taking their own lives Celebrities including the … [Read more...] about Changing the law to legalise assisted suicide would put pressure on disabled people to kill themselves, according to new research into patients’ fears.
Really, Really Celebrating Now (Hurray!) but Still Vigilant
The 2011 Vermont legislature is history. Assisted suicide did not become law in Vermont. Neither of the identical House and Senate bills got so much as a hearing. Governor Shumlin had raised the expectations of proponents to the level of hubris by campaigning on the promise of legalization, but either he had other priorities or he simply realized he did not have the … [Read more...] about Really, Really Celebrating Now (Hurray!) but Still Vigilant
A Warning against Complacency
The following (in italics) from the Death with Dignity national website shows what we are fighting and how precarious our situation is. Now that the governor has achieved his most important objectives, the way is paved for assisted suicide to come up early in the next session. We need to offer our thanks and support to legislators who have taken public stances against the … [Read more...] about A Warning against Complacency