A New Hampshire House member said the now-defeated assisted suicide bill "would provide 'a new deadly avenue for predators and could lead to a convenient termination a life...Other people would eventually be deciding whether you should live or not.'" Tell Vermont legislators you care that they voted a similar bill into law in our state and that your concern will affect your … [Read more...] about From the New Hampshire Union Leader: ‘Death with Dignity Act’ finds little support in NH House
Great News: New Hampshire House Crushes Assisted Suicide Bill
The New Hampshire House defeated that state's assisted suicide bill today by a vote of 219-66 (http://gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/Roll_Calls/billstatus_billrollcalls.aspx?lsr=2528&sy=2014&lb=H&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2014&q=1). Nancy Elliot of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, a former New Hampshire legislator, said, "It went down in flames. … [Read more...] about Great News: New Hampshire House Crushes Assisted Suicide Bill
Talking Points for town meeting: please ask legislators to support the moratorium on Act 39.
A Vermont legislator who had voted against assisted suicide in 2007 but for it in 2013 explained that she changed her mind after constituents indicated on a questionnaire she circulated at town meeting that they wanted assisted suicide. Another legislator, a leader in the winning fight against the bill in 2007 and the losing one in 2013, told us she heard from far fewer … [Read more...] about Talking Points for town meeting: please ask legislators to support the moratorium on Act 39.
Once More, the Facts: Why Assisted Suicide is Dangerous
Massachusetts is one of several states where the proponents of assisted suicide are trying for legalization again. Two years ago the voters there defeated it in a referendum, so now they are circumventing the voters by going directly to the legislature, as they did in Vermont. In the article, disability rights advocate John Kelly does his usual brilliant job of stating the … [Read more...] about Once More, the Facts: Why Assisted Suicide is Dangerous
Two Prescriptions Written So Far under VT’s Assisted Suicide Law
Here is a link to the Burlington Free press article on the moratorium. http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2014302270036. We learn from it that "No one has apparently yet used a lethal dose to end life since the law took effect last May. The Health Department has received two reports from doctors that prescriptions were written for a lethal dose … [Read more...] about Two Prescriptions Written So Far under VT’s Assisted Suicide Law