The article linked and underlined below is based on interviews with one of our board members and with a board member of Vermont's pro-assisted suicide group. Please post your comments opposing assisted suicide as soon as possible, both on the Bennington Banner site and on our Facebook page. Also please share this article and ask your friends who oppose assisted suicide for … [Read more...] about Comments Needed on Bennington Banner Article
Orleans District 2 Representative, Duncan Kilmartin, Discusses His Opposition to Death Bill
In the article in italics below, which we found online at http://newportvermontdailyexpress.com/, Duncan Kilmartin, the brilliant trial lawyer who is also one of Orleans District Two's two representatives in the Vermont House, discusses his opposition to the Oregon-style bill that was defeated in the Senate.. The online Newport Daily News article is a bit confusing. It is … [Read more...] about Orleans District 2 Representative, Duncan Kilmartin, Discusses His Opposition to Death Bill
A Really Good Letter to the Editor of the Rutland Herald
The amended version of S 77 has problems. Giving immunity to family members who know what is happening when a person takes a lethal dose and who do nothing to stop him is a recipe for abuse. The amended version, however, is much better than the original Oregon-styles bill. End-of-life bill a good alternative Last week, Vermont state senators, both Democrats and … [Read more...] about A Really Good Letter to the Editor of the Rutland Herald
Statement from Vermont Alliance for Ethical Health Care: We Will Be Back to Testify and Continue the Fight
Vermont Alliance for Ethical Health Care is an organization of Vermont health care professionals and ethicists created to advocate for excellent end of life care and against the legalization of physician assisted suicide. The link to its website is http://www.vaeh.org/. VAEH has arrived at its position against assisted suicide through its members' experiences working with … [Read more...] about Statement from Vermont Alliance for Ethical Health Care: We Will Be Back to Testify and Continue the Fight
Lieutenant Governor Phil Scott on VT Edition Today: Comments Needed
Lieutenant Governor Phil Scot, an opponent of assisted suicide, cast the tie-breaking vote that prevented an Oregon-style assisted suicide bill from passing the VT Senate last week. He will be on VT Edition today at noon and seven pm. He needs our encouragement and our ideas on how to move ahead in the fight against assisted suicide in Vermont.. Please post comments at … [Read more...] about Lieutenant Governor Phil Scott on VT Edition Today: Comments Needed