It’s time to stop letting proponents of Act 39 promote the false narrative that this law is about personal choice. It’s a prescription for abuse and we need to face that we are putting vulnerable Vermonters at risk by allowing it. This Op-Ed by Disability Rights Activist Stephen Mendelsohn, published in the Connecticut Mirror, articulates it well: “So when proponents … [Read more...] about Prepare for Inevitable Abuse of Act 39
Talk to your senators during Town Meeting
Your Senators need to hear from you during town meeting week. Thanks in part to you, the Senate voted last week to postpone a vote on a bill related to Act 39, the law that legalized doctor-prescribed suicide, until Wednesday, March 11th. Your Senators are home all of this week for Town Meeting Day and to spend time listening to constituent concerns. Now is the time to call, … [Read more...] about Talk to your senators during Town Meeting
The Best Yet Radio Discussion of Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia: It’s the Doctor’s Choice
Remember the "my choice" mantra of the pro-assisted suicide people? It's my life. It's my death. It's my choice." Well, not really. Listen to this great radio discussion between Not Dead Yet's John Kelly, the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition's Alex Schadenberg, and a Belgian doctor whose whole argument is about how carefully he makes his choice to grant or deny a … [Read more...] about The Best Yet Radio Discussion of Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia: It’s the Doctor’s Choice
Assisted Suicide Update
The Vermont Senate voted today to postpone until Wednesday, March 11 any action on S. 108, "An act relating to repealing the sunset on provisions pertaining to patient choice at end of life." True Dignity supports the postponement but opposes the bill, and asks Vermonters who believe likewise to ask their senators and representatives over Town Meeting Week break to oppose this … [Read more...] about Assisted Suicide Update
No Vermonter Should Be Left To Fall Through the Cracks in Act 39
In their work on S. 9, “An act relating to improving Vermont’s system for protecting children from abuse and neglect,” the Vermont Senate has been working hard to help develop safeguards to prevent the kinds of horrific tragedies that happened over the last year when young children fell through the cracks and died at the hands of people who should have been taking care of … [Read more...] about No Vermonter Should Be Left To Fall Through the Cracks in Act 39