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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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Bay State Banner Opposes Legalization of Assisted Suicide, Urges Massachusetts Citizens to Vote No on Question 2

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The Bay State Banner, a generally liberal Boston newspaper, today published the following editorial opposing the legalization of assisted suicide. We have also included a supportive comment by Second Thoughts, the disablitly rights group that has been one of the chief voices fighting this dangerous Massachusetts initiative, which will be a ballot question on election day. If … [Read more...] about Bay State Banner Opposes Legalization of Assisted Suicide, Urges Massachusetts Citizens to Vote No on Question 2

Suicide Has Surpassed Car Accidents as the Most Frequent Cause of Injury Death in the US, and Poisoning Deaths Have Also Risen. Our Doctors Should Not Be Prescribing Poisons for People to Use in Committing Suicide.

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Here is a link to an analysis from the American Journal of Public Health, showing that suicide is increasing and is now the leading cause of injury death in the United States: http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.2012.300960.   More people commit suicide than are killed in car crashes.     The rate of fatal poisoning thought to be … [Read more...] about Suicide Has Surpassed Car Accidents as the Most Frequent Cause of Injury Death in the US, and Poisoning Deaths Have Also Risen. Our Doctors Should Not Be Prescribing Poisons for People to Use in Committing Suicide.

Lahey Clinic Medical Ethics Lecture Series: The Arguments Against Question 2

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The remarks below are directed to Question 2, a ballot measure that would legalize assisted suicide in Vermont's neighoring state of Massachusetts and are meant to explain the opposition of the Massachusetts Medical Society to that measure. The Vermont Medical Society and the American Medical association also are on record in opposition to assisted suicide. Dr. Aghababian … [Read more...] about Lahey Clinic Medical Ethics Lecture Series: The Arguments Against Question 2

The British Parliament Will Not Legalize Assisted Suicide: MPs’ Reason_Pressure_ Just as Valid in the US

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An article in the UK newspaper The Telegraph reports on a survey of members of the British House of Commons conducted by Care Not Killing, a group opposing legalization of assisted suicide (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9543581/Recession-strengthens-case-against-assisted-suicide-MPs-say.html).  The poll found that 62% of the MPs oppose legalization.   An … [Read more...] about The British Parliament Will Not Legalize Assisted Suicide: MPs’ Reason_Pressure_ Just as Valid in the US