True Dignity

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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Example of a Letter to a Senator: “Say Yes to Disabled Civil Rights, No to Assisted Suicide”

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Dear Senator , I urge you to consider the civil rights implications of the Assisted Suicide bill and vote against it. This bill will set back years of progress for disability rights. It degrades and debases the value of the disabled and sets them aside as second class citizens where suicide is acceptable. For those who are not seriously sick or disabled, their life will … [Read more...] about Example of a Letter to a Senator: “Say Yes to Disabled Civil Rights, No to Assisted Suicide”

President of Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights Testifies Against Legalization of Assisted Suicide in State Senate Committee Hearing

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Here's an article about the Friday testimony of Ed Paquin, a Vermont disability rights activist, the only one invited to testify at the hearings.  Clearly no one was listening, but it's good testimony anyway, and VT legislators should have paid attention.  The link is .http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/2/prweb10390846.htm. Rochester, NY (PRWEB) February 02, 2013 Ed … [Read more...] about President of Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights Testifies Against Legalization of Assisted Suicide in State Senate Committee Hearing

More about the Nonsense and Doublespeak of Margaret Battin

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Other Nonsense from Margaret Battin In addition to her blanket assertion that no person has been hurt by the Oregon PAS law, Margaret Battin said in her testimony that it’s OK to manipulate the language to define assisted suicide as not suicide. She said we call Sampson a hero for pulling down the temple on himself to defeat the Philistines.  She said we call St. Agnes a … [Read more...] about More about the Nonsense and Doublespeak of Margaret Battin