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Suicide is never death with dignity, and assisted suicide legislation threatens true patient choices at the end of life.

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Privilege vs. Disability in the Assisted Suicide Debate

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Several years ago, Patient Choices, the group that, with lots of money from Compassion and Choices and the support of Governor Peter Shumlin, later succeeded in getting assisted suicide made legal in Vermont, brought George Eighmey, veteran C&C activist and "support volunteer" at the bedsides of people committing assisted suicide, , to speak in Manchester, Vermont.  Many of … [Read more...] about Privilege vs. Disability in the Assisted Suicide Debate

Resolve This New Year to Speak out Against Assisted Suicide

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Happy New Year to all our True Dignity friends! One of the most impressive people we had the pleasure to meet in 2014 was Maggie Karner. You may remember Maggie from her heartfelt video message to Brittany Maynard, asking Brittany to reconsider her choice to commit assisted suicide. Maggie was diagnosed with the same glioblastoma multiforme brain cancer as Brittany Maynard. … [Read more...] about Resolve This New Year to Speak out Against Assisted Suicide

Action Alert! Contact Every New Jersey Senator Today. Ask Him or Her to Vote against the Assisted Suicide Bill.

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Thanks to www.noassistedsuicidenj.org  for this alphabetical list of the New Jersey Senators, with each one's phone number and email address. http://noassistedsuicidenj.org/images/NJ%20Legislators.pdf Yesterday we stopped calling when we heard that the assisted suicide bill is not posted for debate and a vote on Thursday, December 18.  Since that time, however, we have heard … [Read more...] about Action Alert! Contact Every New Jersey Senator Today. Ask Him or Her to Vote against the Assisted Suicide Bill.

NJ Senate Committee “Reluctantly” Sends Assisted Suicide Bill for a December 18 Vote in the Full Senate

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"Reluctantly" is the word that gives us hope that legalization of assisted suicide in NJ can still be defeated, although, frankly, the chances are not as good as we would like, and NJ governor Christie, who has said he will veto any assisted suicide bill, will likely be called upon to do that. Here is a link to the Newark Star Ledger article about yesterday's testimony and … [Read more...] about NJ Senate Committee “Reluctantly” Sends Assisted Suicide Bill for a December 18 Vote in the Full Senate

Demographics of the Pro-Death Lobby

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Bloggers from True Dignity attended the East Coast Conference Against Assisted Suicide on Saturday in Hartford, CT. Thank you to Peter and Leslie Wolfgang from Connecticut Family Foundation for organizing a successful event. We will be blogging periodically about some new interesting perspectives on assisted suicide gained from the convention. A few of the speakers have been … [Read more...] about Demographics of the Pro-Death Lobby