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Citizens Against Assisted Suicide

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Suicide is never death with dignity, and assisted suicide legislation threatens true patient choices at the end of life.

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Vermont end-of-life bill hits bumps in road

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This was posted at 2:17 pm today on the Burlington Free Press website. http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/viewart/20130213/NEWS03/302130016/Vermont-Senate-considers-end-of-life-bill-amendments MONTPELIER — A bill to allow doctors to prescribe lethal medication to terminally ill patients could be heading for trouble as the Vermont Senate prepares to debate it. The … [Read more...] about Vermont end-of-life bill hits bumps in road

We’re Not Finished Yet

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By now, you have probably heard the news that the Senate voted today to continue debate on S. 77. We had hoped for a vote to uphold the Judiciary Committee's recommendation that it be rejected. Several senators who had asked questions during the debate indicating real doubt about the bill voted to give the Health and Welfare Committee time to amend it. On Thursday, when the … [Read more...] about We’re Not Finished Yet

Today’s Senate

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(This is a mid-session update, with the first vote on the bill expected this afternoon) The Senate came into session today and quickly got to work on the Assisted suicide bill. The head of the Health and Welfare committee started by giving a report on why the H&W committee voted for the bill citing various parts of the testimony that was given before the H&W … [Read more...] about Today’s Senate

Under S. 77 a Doctor Can Assist Your Beloved Relative or Friend to Commit Suicide without Informing You

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Did you know that if f S. 77 becomes law in Vermont, anyone of us could find out only afterwards that a beloved relative or friend had committed suicide with assistance from a doctor?   S. 77 instructs doctors to recommend that a patient requesting assisted suicide tell family and friends, but it does not require that the patient follow the recommendation. As bad as finding … [Read more...] about Under S. 77 a Doctor Can Assist Your Beloved Relative or Friend to Commit Suicide without Informing You