The following is a translation of an article in today's Corriere della Sera, an Italian newspaper based in Milan (http://corrieredelveneto.corriere.it/veneto/notizie/cronaca/2014/20-febbraio-2014/i-parenti-denunciano-scomparsa-lei-aveva-scelto-eutanasia-svizzera-2224102460). The agonized relatives had been searching for days, ending by denouncing her disappearance to the … [Read more...] about Assisted Suicide or Euthanasia on Demand, for Any Reason You Want It, is Already Happening
Suicide Contagion: Will Legislators in Other States Ignore It As VT Legislators Did?
Linked below is an article in today's Boston Globe, written by a staff writer. If you are unable to access it, feel free to email admin@truedignityvt.org, and we'll send you a copy for personal use: http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/columns/2014/02/15/teen-suicide-looks-and-feels-contagious/HsWnICQySeYJYJyZNM5wJP/story.html?p1=Well_BG_Links The article makes the point … [Read more...] about Suicide Contagion: Will Legislators in Other States Ignore It As VT Legislators Did?
Party Affiliations of Vermont Legislators Voting For and Against Assisted Suicide
By request, we have revised our vote tally on S. 77, the assisted suicide bill that passed and is now known as Act 39, to include the party affiliations of the legislators. Senate Vote (Passed, 17-13) For (17): 13 Democrats, 1 Republican, 1 Democrat Progressive, 1 Progressive, 1 Progressive Democrat Working Families Party Ashe (Chittenden, DP) Ayer (Addison, … [Read more...] about Party Affiliations of Vermont Legislators Voting For and Against Assisted Suicide
Pew Forum Poll Shows Blacks and Hispanics Joining White Evangelicals to Oppose Assisted Suicide
This poll is disturbing. It reports that whites, including white Catholics, support assisted suicide. Blacks and Hispanics of all religious beliefs are strongly opposed to assisted suicide, as are white evangelicals. http://www.pewforum.org/files/2013/11/end-of-life-chp1-2.png … [Read more...] about Pew Forum Poll Shows Blacks and Hispanics Joining White Evangelicals to Oppose Assisted Suicide
The Irreconcilable World Views of People Who are Pro and Against Physician Assisted Death
That this article is about euthanasia rather than assisted suicide does not makes its insights into the fundamentally different ways in which the proponents and opponents of assisted death view human life any less relevant. What does it mean for the future of our society that life with a mental or physical disability is now considered a life not worthy of living, a life that … [Read more...] about The Irreconcilable World Views of People Who are Pro and Against Physician Assisted Death