Massachusetts is one of several states where the proponents of assisted suicide are trying for legalization again. Two years ago the voters there defeated it in a referendum, so now they are circumventing the voters by going directly to the legislature, as they did in Vermont. In the article, disability rights advocate John Kelly does his usual brilliant job of stating the … [Read more...] about Once More, the Facts: Why Assisted Suicide is Dangerous
Disability Rights Groups' Opposition
Why Connecticut Should Not Legalize Assisted Suicide and Why Vermont Should Repeal Its Law
Thanks to Leslie Wolfgang for an excellent op-ed piece in today's Hartford Courant. The reasons why CT should not legalize assisted suicide are the same reasons why Vermont should repeal its assisted suicide law. This cannot be done until the next biennium, which begins in 2015, after an election this fall. Now is not too early to tell your legislators that you want this law … [Read more...] about Why Connecticut Should Not Legalize Assisted Suicide and Why Vermont Should Repeal Its Law
John Kelly Debates Man Who Wants to Die with a Doctor’s Help after Making Himself Terminally Ill by Declining Treatment That Could Give Him Several More Years of Life
Declining treatment when one is clearly going to die soon in spite of anything that medicine can offer is one thing, but rendering oneself terminally ill by declining treatment that could offer several years of life seems another thing to us. That is what Robert Mitton, who was featured in a recent NY Times article we won't link, a puff piece for assisted suicide, wants to … [Read more...] about John Kelly Debates Man Who Wants to Die with a Doctor’s Help after Making Himself Terminally Ill by Declining Treatment That Could Give Him Several More Years of Life
The Irreconcilable World Views of People Who are Pro and Against Physician Assisted Death
That this article is about euthanasia rather than assisted suicide does not makes its insights into the fundamentally different ways in which the proponents and opponents of assisted death view human life any less relevant. What does it mean for the future of our society that life with a mental or physical disability is now considered a life not worthy of living, a life that … [Read more...] about The Irreconcilable World Views of People Who are Pro and Against Physician Assisted Death
Not Dead Yet to Stephen Hawking: “Be Grateful You’re a Human. Most likely, if you were someone’s pet dog, they would have put you out of ‘your misery’ a long time ago, even if you didn’t feel particularly miserable.”
Stephen Drake of Not Dead Yet has written a great article responding to Stephen Hawking's endorsement of assisted suicide on the grounds that "we don't let animals suffer." The part we like best? "The reality, Professor Hawking, is that you should be grateful you’re a human. Most likely, if you were someone’s pet dog, they would have “put you out of 'your misery' a long … [Read more...] about Not Dead Yet to Stephen Hawking: “Be Grateful You’re a Human. Most likely, if you were someone’s pet dog, they would have put you out of ‘your misery’ a long time ago, even if you didn’t feel particularly miserable.”