ACTION ALERT! We received the following Action Alert from VT Right to Life. The bill to remove virtually all "safeguards from assisted suicide in VT has advanced to the House. While we believe assistance in suicide can never be "safe", we are concerned that the removal of these mild restrictions can make it more dangerous and embolden those whose ultimate goal is to make … [Read more...] about
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PHYSICAL MOVEMENTS OR OTHER EXTERNAL SIGNS OF DISTRESS ARE SOMETIMES EXHIBITED”
“Physical movements or other external signs of distress are sometimes exhibited, but the internal peace of the person is not disturbed.” This example of magical thinking is a direct quote from Medscape guidance re physician assisted suicide posted on a page restricted to medical professionals and summarized in the article linked below by nurse Nancy Valko. Here’s the Wikipedia … [Read more...] about PHYSICAL MOVEMENTS OR OTHER EXTERNAL SIGNS OF DISTRESS ARE SOMETIMES EXHIBITED”
ACTION ALERT
We just got this email from VT Right to Life. Looks like the VT Senate is going to take up a bill (S.74) lifting virtually all restrictions on physician assisted suicide, restrictions that were much touted as safety guarantees when physician assisted suicide was legalized in 2013. It is ironic that the legislature, meeting and voting via Zoom, may pass a bill that allows a … [Read more...] about ACTION ALERT
S.74: A step down the slippery slope
Patient Choices Vermont (PCV) appears to be trying to drum up users for Act 39. It seems that some 108 requests for a lethal prescription (87 of which were used) since 2013 aren’t enough, and they hope that S.74 will help make it easier to end the lives of more people using doctor-prescribed lethal drugs. Briefly, the changes proposed under S.74 are as … [Read more...] about S.74: A step down the slippery slope
Vermont’s Second Assisted Suicide Report Does Not Reassure
Vermont's assisted suicide law was passed in 2013. In 2015, the legislature directed the health department to issue a biennial report on its implementation, requiring very little information, less than Oregon provides in its annual assisted suicide reports. It gives only the number of state reports filed by prescribers wishing to guarantee their immunity from civil or criminal … [Read more...] about Vermont’s Second Assisted Suicide Report Does Not Reassure