Robert L. Orleck Pharmacist P.O. Box 174 Randolph, VT 05060 802-728-9806 bob@ussorleck.com Re: Physician Assisted Suicide S77 (as originally proposed) Medical realities and facts need to be seriously considered. What should be most compelling is that there are medical realities and facts that cry out to be heard over the moving and … [Read more...] about Pharmacist Bob Orleck: “Neither physicians nor pharmacists know how to deal with the lethal prescriptions and with what to do when things go wrong.”
Vermont Lawyer Norman Smith’s Testimony: I Fear for at Least One Client’s Life if Assisted Suicide is Legalized in VT
Testimony of Norman C Smith, Esq. Before the Vermont House Human Services Committee April 12, 2013 Chairwoman Pugh, members of the Committee, thank you for allowing me to testify. My name is Norman Smith. I was born and raised in St. Johnsbury, graduating from St. Johnsbury Academy in 1973. After graduating from MIT and Boston University Law School, I clerked for … [Read more...] about Vermont Lawyer Norman Smith’s Testimony: I Fear for at Least One Client’s Life if Assisted Suicide is Legalized in VT
Vermont Pharmacist Exposes Assisted Suicide’s False Promise of a Peaceful Death
What Bob Orleck has written below (in italics) is very similar to his testimony at the public hearing before the House Human Services and Judiciary Committees on Tuesday, April 16. A similar essay appeared briefly on this blog last Sunday, but Bob asked us to take it down temporarily so that he could revise it. Here is the revised version. Why is the House ignoring his … [Read more...] about Vermont Pharmacist Exposes Assisted Suicide’s False Promise of a Peaceful Death
Testimony of Ed Paquin, President of the Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights: People with disabilities DO have a history of being seen as a burden and have every right to be concerned when the healing profession’s mission is proposed to be expanded beyond cure and palliation to include assisting suicide.”
Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights 11 EAST STATE STREET, SUITE #2 MONTPELIER, VT 05602 TEL: 1 (800) 639-1522 WWW.VCDR.ORG Physician Assisted Suicide Good morning. My name is Ed Paquin and I am the president of the Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights. We appreciate the opportunity to address the committee on the subject that some are calling … [Read more...] about Testimony of Ed Paquin, President of the Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights: People with disabilities DO have a history of being seen as a burden and have every right to be concerned when the healing profession’s mission is proposed to be expanded beyond cure and palliation to include assisting suicide.”
Breaking News! New Poll Shows Vermonters Do Not Support Legalizing Assisted Suicide
The poll, just released by Vermont Alliance for Ethical Health Care (VAEH), shows that many Vermonters believe the concerns of opponents of assisted suicide are justified and that, after being exposed to these concerns, only 32.9% of Vermonters support an Oregon Style assisted suicide law for our state. 67.1 % do not support the Oregon style law. Of that group, 27.6% … [Read more...] about Breaking News! New Poll Shows Vermonters Do Not Support Legalizing Assisted Suicide