This poll seems to have been up for a while, but we just succeeding in voting in it. Please vote NO, and ask your friends to do the same. Right now, we are losing. Let's change that. http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/poll/2013-05-20/7117084/results?1370360603737 … [Read more...] about ALERT: Burlington Free Press Poll on Vermont Assisted Suicide Bill
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Euthanasia for the mentally ill.
In the article below about the suicide of a dementia patient at the Swiss Dignitas Clinic, a quote from retired physician Michael Irwin, a proponent of euthanasia in the UK, reflects a growing popular perception that dementia equals loss of dignity. It is a chilling foreshadowing of what the future holds for those who receive diagnoses of dementia as the slippery slope from … [Read more...] about Euthanasia for the mentally ill.
True Dignity on the Web
The blog for Disruptive Women in Healthcare invited True Dignity to submit a short commentary on our opposition to S.77: http://www.disruptivewomen.net/2013/05/23/a-perspective-on-true-dignity-a-response-to-vermont-patient-choice-and-control-at-end-of-life-act/. … [Read more...] about True Dignity on the Web
Why is Harry Chen Opposed to Patients Knowing which Health Care Providers Oppose Assisted Suicide?
In response to a question regarding True Dignity’s proposal to develop a registry of “safe” health care providers and institutions, Vermont Commissioner of Health Harry Chen said one of the potential “silver linings” of S.77 is that it will spur conversations between patients and doctors about end-of-life decisions, and a “safe doctors” registry could discourage that. “I’m … [Read more...] about Why is Harry Chen Opposed to Patients Knowing which Health Care Providers Oppose Assisted Suicide?
Be aware of this misleading “fact”.
As I was reading news articles I came across this from the AFP "A Pew Research Center poll found that 84 percent of Americans support allowing a terminally ill adult patient to decide if they want to be kept alive." If you read it while reading the article, which subvertly promotes assisted suicide, you would think that 84% of Americans support Assisted Suicide. But if … [Read more...] about Be aware of this misleading “fact”.