True Dignity Vermont cannot endorse candidates in next week's elections, which will determine, at least in the short term, whether assisted suicide stays legal in Vermont or is repealed as we hope. We can, however, provide information, for your discernment. Here are the names and party affiliations of those who voted for and against assisted suicide (or who stayed away) when … [Read more...] about How Legislators Voted on Act 39, Which Made Assisted Suicide Legal in Vermont
Patient Choices Vermont 2014 Candidate Endorsements
Election Day is upon us, and it should be obvious that the fate of assisted suicide in Vermont is entirely dependent on the choices we make that day. While True Dignity does not endorse candidates, we are providing, for your information and discernment, the list of legislators endorsed by Patient Choices, the organization that successfully lobbied for assisted suicide in … [Read more...] about Patient Choices Vermont 2014 Candidate Endorsements
No Words Minced in This Piece about Brittany Maynard’s and Compassion and Choices’ Attempt to Silence Opposition
Here's Wesley Smith, writing in The National Review: http://www.nationalreview.com/human-exceptionalism A few quotes, with which True Dignity heartily agrees: The Brittany Maynard media explosion (my takes here and here) is an intense advocacy offensive–funded substantially by the culturally subversive George Soros through his support of Compassion and Choices–that is … [Read more...] about No Words Minced in This Piece about Brittany Maynard’s and Compassion and Choices’ Attempt to Silence Opposition
Dying with Dignity: Why Isn’t This Girl’s Picture on the Cover of People Magazine?
Here's Lauren Hill, a nineteen year old girl with brain cancer, with only weeks to live, who is living her life fully until the end, refusing to be "a quitter", showing us all the way to die with true dignity. http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/girl-with-terminal-cancer-living-for-basketball/ What a great example Lauren is, particularly to those tempted to despair of life … [Read more...] about Dying with Dignity: Why Isn’t This Girl’s Picture on the Cover of People Magazine?
Legal Right to Kill Has Consequences Far Beyond Brittany Maynard
Adam J. MacLeod cuts to the chase in this Public Discourse piece: http://shar.es/103w27 He writes, "Brittany Maynard’s story is perhaps the most emotionally compelling case one could make for legalizing assisted suicide. As she notes, her circumstances are unique, and she is not arguing that physician-assisted suicide is right for all, or even for most. But why, she … [Read more...] about Legal Right to Kill Has Consequences Far Beyond Brittany Maynard