True Dignity

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.

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Vt. Representative (and Jepson, Ritter continued)

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The Attorney General has no clue how the medication actually works.  When asked if he was aware of what was required, if it was "5 or 8 pills". He said he read the bill, and thinks "we all know how to take a pill". Elizabeth Ritter (FOR) "the personal choice of the dying patient, no one is required to participate"... then why does it need a statute?  Suicide is already a sad … [Read more...] about Vt. Representative (and Jepson, Ritter continued)

CT House Committee

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Today I'm present at the hearing for house bill 5326 in Connecticut. So far we've had the state comptroller first who testified FOR. Citing the Oregon example. He started by saying: lets start by agreeing "No one group can impose their view on the others". Currently we have George Jepson Attorney General speaking FOR the bill, saying "the legislature lives on a … [Read more...] about CT House Committee

Two Prescriptions Written So Far under VT’s Assisted Suicide Law

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Here is a link to the Burlington Free press article on the moratorium.  http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2014302270036. We learn from it that "No one has apparently yet used a lethal dose to end life since the law took effect last May. The Health Department has received two reports from doctors that prescriptions were written for a lethal dose … [Read more...] about Two Prescriptions Written So Far under VT’s Assisted Suicide Law

Vermont Senate President John Campbell Supports Repeal of Assisted Suicide Law

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Here is a link to the Bennington Banner article about the reactions of two lawmakers to yesterday's press conference in which the Vermont Alliance for Ethical Health Care, a group of concerned people from the medical profession, and Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights called for a moratorium on implementation of the assisted suicide law. It's heartening to know that John … [Read more...] about Vermont Senate President John Campbell Supports Repeal of Assisted Suicide Law