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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.

Defeats in other states

Boston Globe and Hartford Courant Report That the CT Assisted Suicide Bill Will Not Receive a Vote in Committee

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Here are the links to the articles about the victory in CT.  How we wish they were about a victory in VT!  Still, we are overjoyed that the passage of assisted suicide in Vermont did not topple the other dominoes, not at all.  If passage here was a victory for "the movement", Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Quebec, and now Connecticut must have "the movement" reeling.  We … [Read more...] about Boston Globe and Hartford Courant Report That the CT Assisted Suicide Bill Will Not Receive a Vote in Committee

Good News, But Be Vigilant

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Members of the Public Health Committee in the CT legislature are saying there probably won't be a vote on the assisted suicide bill this year.  If there is no vote, the bill would be dead for this session of the legislature.  That is exceedingly good news, and, if true, it leaves Vermont isolated among the New England states.  Embarrassment and a determination not to let our … [Read more...] about Good News, But Be Vigilant

From the New Hampshire Union Leader: ‘Death with Dignity Act’ finds little support in NH House

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A New Hampshire House member said the now-defeated assisted suicide bill  "would provide 'a new deadly avenue for predators and could lead to a convenient termination a life...Other people would eventually be deciding whether you should live or not.'" Tell Vermont legislators you care that they voted a similar bill into law in our state and that your concern will affect your … [Read more...] about From the New Hampshire Union Leader: ‘Death with Dignity Act’ finds little support in NH House

Great News: New Hampshire House Crushes Assisted Suicide Bill

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The New Hampshire House defeated that state's assisted suicide bill today by a vote of 219-66 (http://gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/Roll_Calls/billstatus_billrollcalls.aspx?lsr=2528&sy=2014&lb=H&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2014&q=1). Nancy Elliot of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, a former New Hampshire legislator, said,  "It went down in flames. … [Read more...] about Great News: New Hampshire House Crushes Assisted Suicide Bill