The article linked and underlined below is based on interviews with one of our board members and with a board member of Vermont's pro-assisted suicide group. Please post your comments opposing assisted suicide as soon as possible, both on the Bennington Banner site and on our Facebook page. Also please share this article and ask your friends who oppose assisted suicide for … [Read more...] about Comments Needed on Bennington Banner Article
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A Good Day in Vermont for Opponents of Assisted Suicide
True Dignity is quite happy with the version of S. 77 that passed the Senate this afternoon. News reports to the contrary, the bill is not in any way an assisted suicide bill. It replaces the original 22 page bill with a very short one. It specifically does not exempt a doctor who intentionally helps a patient commit suicide from civil penalties or criminal prosecution. … [Read more...] about A Good Day in Vermont for Opponents of Assisted Suicide
Under S. 77 a Doctor Can Assist Your Beloved Relative or Friend to Commit Suicide without Informing You
Did you know that if f S. 77 becomes law in Vermont, anyone of us could find out only afterwards that a beloved relative or friend had committed suicide with assistance from a doctor? S. 77 instructs doctors to recommend that a patient requesting assisted suicide tell family and friends, but it does not require that the patient follow the recommendation. As bad as finding … [Read more...] about Under S. 77 a Doctor Can Assist Your Beloved Relative or Friend to Commit Suicide without Informing You
More about the Nonsense and Doublespeak of Margaret Battin
Other Nonsense from Margaret Battin In addition to her blanket assertion that no person has been hurt by the Oregon PAS law, Margaret Battin said in her testimony that it’s OK to manipulate the language to define assisted suicide as not suicide. She said we call Sampson a hero for pulling down the temple on himself to defeat the Philistines. She said we call St. Agnes a … [Read more...] about More about the Nonsense and Doublespeak of Margaret Battin
The Article Margaret Battin Admitted in Yesterday’s Testimony Had Challenged Her Study’s Findings That No Groups in Oregon Are Particularly Vulnerable to Being Coerced into Assisted Suicide
Yesterday’s testimony before the Health and Welfare and Judiciary Committees ended with Margaret Battin, a philosopher from the University of Utah who concluded in a 2007 study that “vulnerable groups” had not been harmed by the Oregon law or by the legality of assisted suicide and euthanasia in the Netherlands. The assisted suicide lobby has been touting that study ever since … [Read more...] about The Article Margaret Battin Admitted in Yesterday’s Testimony Had Challenged Her Study’s Findings That No Groups in Oregon Are Particularly Vulnerable to Being Coerced into Assisted Suicide