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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Diane Coleman: Oregon’s “Safeguards” are Just Window Dressing for the Ugly Devaluation of Old, Ill and Disabled People

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Coleman's Letter copied below appears in Today's Minneapolis Star Tribune http://www.startribune.com/opinion/letters/152364925.html   The editorial recommends the Oregon assisted-suicide law as a controlled alternative to the rogue actions of Final Exit Network. Actually, the Oregon law controls assisted suicide like speed limits control highway … [Read more...] about Diane Coleman: Oregon’s “Safeguards” are Just Window Dressing for the Ugly Devaluation of Old, Ill and Disabled People

Why People with Disabilities Oppose Assisted Suicide: Study Shows Devaluation is Life-Threatening

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The National Disability Rights Network, a coalition of federally mandated groups, issued a press release today, reporting the results of a study that perfectly illustrates why people with disabilities fear and work to prevent the legalization of assisted suicide. The study points to widespread devaluation of people with disabilities and to widespread willingness on the part of … [Read more...] about Why People with Disabilities Oppose Assisted Suicide: Study Shows Devaluation is Life-Threatening

Massachusetts Lawyer with “Front Line Experience” Tells Why He Opposes Legalizing Assisted Suicide

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Back in March, a physician who had been an advocate for assisted suicide in Oregon took his own life. An Associated Press story on the doctor's suicide elicited the following letter to the editor of the Boston Globe . The author is a Massachusetts lawyer whose opposition to legal assisted suicide comes from his experience representing abused, disregarded, overlooked, and … [Read more...] about Massachusetts Lawyer with “Front Line Experience” Tells Why He Opposes Legalizing Assisted Suicide

‘Death with Dignity’ Bill promises only indignity

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Below the line is an excellent article we somehow missed posting when it appeared in the Brattleboro Commons (http://www.commonsnews.org/site/site05/story.php?articleno=3197&page=1) in March 2011.  The points it makes are just as valid now as they were then.   Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg is a writer, a disability-rights activist, and the leader of the Southern Vermont … [Read more...] about ‘Death with Dignity’ Bill promises only indignity