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In a letter to the Burlington Free Press yesterday, another Vermonter asks the legislature to focus on the economic needs of our state rather than wasting precious legislative time on the issue of assisted suicide that Vermonters have already spoken on numerous … [Read more...] about Another Vermonter Urges the Legislature to Focus on Economics, Not Assisted-Suicide

Mark Pickup, a disability rights activist, has written a compelling opinion against assisted suicide.   He makes an excellent argument that assisted suicide does not promote the common good, tears at our community interdependence and puts the most vulnerable at risk.  "A truly progressive and compassionate society is concerned about life with dignity – especially for those who … [Read more...] about Assisted Suicide Violates the Common Good and Puts the Most Vulnerable at Risk

This is an excellent letter out of Canada where the assisted suicide debate is raging because of the current Carter court case that could legalize assisted suicide throughout Canada.  This moving letter, written by Derek Meidema and printed in the National Post today, discusses the pressure to die that legalized assisted suicide puts on the sick and disabled. It further … [Read more...] about Letter by Derek Meidema: My Right to Live Trumps Your Right to Die

“Death with Dignity is a way to give people with terminal diseases who know that their life is going to end in the next three or four weeks a choice of suffering in great pain, or finding a way to end that suffering.” Governor Peter Shumlin in an August 11, 2011 press … [Read more...] about Vermont Governor Shumlin’s Contradictory Statements on the Reasons He Thinks People Need Assistance in Suicide