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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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Ted Kennedy’s Widow Speaks Out against Legalizing Assisted Suicide in Massachusetts

October 27, 2012 by Administrators

There is an article in today's online version of The Cape Cod Times about an op ed piece in the same news source by Victoria Reggie Kennedy, the late Senator Edward Kennedy's widow (http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121027/NEWS/210270322&cid=sitesearch). This is a news article, not the opinion piece, which is not yet available online. Below, in … [Read more...] about Ted Kennedy’s Widow Speaks Out against Legalizing Assisted Suicide in Massachusetts

Another Harvard Medical School Professor Opposes Legalizing Assisted Suicide in Massachusetts

October 27, 2012 by Administrators

Letter to the Editor: On physician-assisted suicide http://dailyfreepress.com/2012/10/20/letter-to-the-editor-on-physician-assisted-suicide/ Written by Mary Louise C. Ashur MD Associate Professor, Health Services, School of Public Health at BU School of Medicine Clinical Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School (617) 696-7601 mashur@bidmc.harvard.edu Published … [Read more...] about Another Harvard Medical School Professor Opposes Legalizing Assisted Suicide in Massachusetts

Canada’s Federal Government Files Counter-Arguments in British Columbia Court Case Finding the Federal Law Benning Assistance in S

October 25, 2012 by Administrators

According to an article in the British Columbia newspaper The Province, the federal government government of Canada  has today filed court arguments challenging a British Columbia court decision finding a right to assistance in suicide and to euthanasia if a person is unable to commit suicide on his or her own. According to the article, which can be read online at … [Read more...] about Canada’s Federal Government Files Counter-Arguments in British Columbia Court Case Finding the Federal Law Benning Assistance in S

Physician Assisted Suicide is Not Progressive

October 25, 2012 by Administrators

Thanks to the Massachusetts anti-assisted suicide group, Second Thoughts, for posting the article we have copied below the line. Written by the physician director of palliative care at Dartmouth and published in The Atlantic, it can be read online at this … [Read more...] about Physician Assisted Suicide is Not Progressive

The Sheer Awfulness of Euthanasia

October 23, 2012 by Administrators

The Washington Post has an article today called, "Euthanasia Was the Right Choice for My Wife" http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/euthanasia-was-the-right-decision-for-my-wife/2012/10/22/1b355e96-0bd5-11e2-a310-2363842b7057_story_1.html).   Written by a man from the Netherlands, where assisted suicide is legal, it sees euthanasia through the … [Read more...] about The Sheer Awfulness of Euthanasia

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