Below are links to the testimonies sent to the NJ Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee by disability rights leaders, after Senator John Vitale, chairman of the committee prevented them from giving personal testimony. The passage of assisted suicide in NJ would be a blow for efforts to repeal the Vermont law. It would be a great victory for the … [Read more...] about All These Disability Rights Leaders Have Sent in Testimony to the NJ Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee. Please Send Yours In Too.
Action Alert! We Need Numbers of Short Emails Telling The New Jersey Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizen Committee Not to Approve Assisted Suicide.
As readers of our blog already know, the New Jersey State Assembly recently passed an assisted suicide bill. The bill is now in the Senate Health, Human Services, and Senior Citizens Committee, where it will be debated at 1 pm on Monday, December 8. Disability Rights groups, who are not being allowed to testify in the hearing, are asking people to flood the committee with … [Read more...] about Action Alert! We Need Numbers of Short Emails Telling The New Jersey Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizen Committee Not to Approve Assisted Suicide.
Why Would States That Outlaw the Death Penalty as Error Prone and a Regulatory Nightmare Ever Legalize The Very Similar Practice of Assisted Suicide?
New Jersey abolished the death penalty in 2007, after a commission found that decisions about when to impose it were never be made in an objective way. Such decisions are always subjective. Furthermore, the "protections" that a state establishes in an attempt to insure that innocent people are not executed are as unworkable as they are futile. This is obvious from the fact … [Read more...] about Why Would States That Outlaw the Death Penalty as Error Prone and a Regulatory Nightmare Ever Legalize The Very Similar Practice of Assisted Suicide?
So Now Suicide of the Dying is “a Gift” to Their Families
People Magazine has published an article about a man who writes that his wife's last week was so traumatic to him that he believes Brittany Maynard gave her husband "a gift" by committing suicide. We wouldn't dream of linking to this sick justification of selfishness. The article is clear evidence of how far down the slippery slope our society has already slid, even in the … [Read more...] about So Now Suicide of the Dying is “a Gift” to Their Families
Shameful Deception! Petition Lists Signers of Online Sympathy Card as Supporters of Assisted Suicide
Many people who oppose assisted suicide have been surprised and dismayed to find their names on a petition that will be used in lobbying for its legalization. These people tried to reach out to Brittany Maynard during the publicity filled month before her suicide. Compassion and Choices, the group behind the relentless push for assisted suicide in the US, posted a card that … [Read more...] about Shameful Deception! Petition Lists Signers of Online Sympathy Card as Supporters of Assisted Suicide