Two stories were in the Vermont news this week that highlight a very real conflict of interest over suicide in this State. Vermont Public Radio aired an interview with JoEllen Tarallo-Falk, Director of the Vermont Suicide Prevention Center (VTSPC), on suicide prevention: http://digital.vpr.net/post/more-funding-needed-suicide-prevention-advocates-say Meanwhile, several … [Read more...] about Vermont’s Suicide Conflict of Interest
Bad But Not Hopeless News From Canada: Good News from Colorado
In a shocking unanimous decision yesterday, Canada's Supreme Court overturned the long-standing countrywide ban on doctor assisted death. The ruling applies to the whole country. Because the ruling did not, as far as we can glean from newspaper reports, require that the poison by which a person's life would be ended must be self administered, we are going to refer to what … [Read more...] about Bad But Not Hopeless News From Canada: Good News from Colorado
Why Some People’s “Peace of Mind” Does Not Justify Legal Assisted Suicide
Assisted suicide should never be legal because some families are like this one: http://medicalfutility.blogspot.com/2015/01/bad-healthcare-surrogates-kill-patient.html. Though this is not an assisted suicide case, but one of withdrawal of life support and possible killing under the guise of "comfort care", we don't have to imagine how a similar scenario would play out with … [Read more...] about Why Some People’s “Peace of Mind” Does Not Justify Legal Assisted Suicide
The repeal movement is underway!
You can start following the movement by going to: https://www.facebook.com/RepealAct39 And here's a preview of some of the ads! … [Read more...] about The repeal movement is underway!
Time to Take a 2nd Look at Vermont’s Assisted Suicide Law? Time to Repeal It!
Well the people who got the dangerous Vermont assisted suicide law through the legislature in 2013 have now decided it needs to be made "safer", meaning more like the Oregon and Washington laws. An AP article to which we won't link has appeared in several newspapers this morning. This time we at True Dignity agree with the hawkers of assisted suicide. The Vermont law, … [Read more...] about Time to Take a 2nd Look at Vermont’s Assisted Suicide Law? Time to Repeal It!