The Associated Press is reporting this morning that a new poll shows support for Massachusetts Ballot Question 2 has slipped in six weeks to 47-41% from 64-27% (http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2012/10/30/poll-backing-for-mass-question-slipping/0R2nDCqNipEBs91Ua6c5gM/story.html). For the first time, it looks possible that this initiative can be defeated. It … [Read more...] about Great News: Growing Opposition to Legalizing Assisted Suicide in Massachusetts
Here it Is: Victoria Reggie Kennedy’s Very Strong NO to Assisted Suicide
The article we could not find online earlier is now available at http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121027/OPINION/210270347/-1/rss08 and here below, in italics: Question 2 insults Kennedy's memory By VICTORIA REGGIE KENNEDY October 27, 2012 There is nothing more personal or private than the end of a family member's life, and I totally … [Read more...] about Here it Is: Victoria Reggie Kennedy’s Very Strong NO to Assisted Suicide
“It will quite literally be easier to get a lethal prescription in Massachusetts than to have hospice care through the end of your life.”
Ira Byock, director of palliative care at Dartmouth, has spoken out again against assisted suicide in Massachusetts (http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2012/10/paliiative-care-assisted-suicide#more-23626). In a guest post on CommonHealth, the health blog of Boston radio station WBUR, he writes: We’ll still require terminally ill patients to give up treatment for their disease … [Read more...] about “It will quite literally be easier to get a lethal prescription in Massachusetts than to have hospice care through the end of your life.”
Ethicist Ezekiel Emmanuel Speaks Out in Opposition to Legalizing Assisted Suicide
Thanks again to Alex Schadenberg (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Euthanasia-Prevention-Coalition/138827297524)for finding and posting an excellent article by Ezekiel Emanuel published in today's online blog of the New York Times (http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/27/four-myths-about-doctor-assisted-suicide/). According to the Wikipedia article about him, Emanuel is … [Read more...] about Ethicist Ezekiel Emmanuel Speaks Out in Opposition to Legalizing Assisted Suicide
Peaceful and Dignified, Right? A Survivor of Multiple Attempts at Suicide by Barbiturate Poisoning Tells What It’s Really Like
Cynthia Stead is a columnist for The Cape Cod Times, which, on October 25, published her article urging Massachusetts to reject Question 2, the ballot initiative for the legalization of assisted suicide (http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121025/OPINION/210250344/-1/OPINION0306). It turns out that Cynthia Stead is also a survivor of multiple suicide … [Read more...] about Peaceful and Dignified, Right? A Survivor of Multiple Attempts at Suicide by Barbiturate Poisoning Tells What It’s Really Like