On May 23, 2017, a US Appellate Court upheld a Consent Agreement between the state and medical professionals to protect conscience rights of professionals who oppose assisted suicide. This is a real victory and perhaps the best that could have been achieved. True Dignity cannot say that it was the victory patients in Vermont and elsewhere needed, unfortunately. Patients have … [Read more...] about A Court Victory for Opponents of Assisted Suicide? For Patients, Not So Much
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The Horrifying Medical Culture into Which the Vermont Legislature Has Injected Assisted Suicide
Over its years of fighting assisted suicide, True Dignity has become acutely aware that medical care of people with disabilities is fraught with discrimination: there is a dangerous assumption, on the part of able- bodied people with power, that certain types of life are not worth living and should be brought to a quick end. Bill Peace’s article about his hospital experience … [Read more...] about The Horrifying Medical Culture into Which the Vermont Legislature Has Injected Assisted Suicide
The Best Yet Radio Discussion of Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia: It’s the Doctor’s Choice
Remember the "my choice" mantra of the pro-assisted suicide people? It's my life. It's my death. It's my choice." Well, not really. Listen to this great radio discussion between Not Dead Yet's John Kelly, the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition's Alex Schadenberg, and a Belgian doctor whose whole argument is about how carefully he makes his choice to grant or deny a … [Read more...] about The Best Yet Radio Discussion of Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia: It’s the Doctor’s Choice