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Dear Senator , I urge you to consider the civil rights implications of the Assisted Suicide bill and vote against it. This bill will set back years of progress for disability rights. It degrades and debases the value of the disabled and sets them aside as second class citizens where suicide is acceptable. For those who are not seriously sick or disabled, their life will … [Read more...] about Example of a Letter to a Senator: “Say Yes to Disabled Civil Rights, No to Assisted Suicide”

Thanks to Steven Drake and Alex Schadenberg for posting Dr. Byock's written testimony.  We were waiting for a cd and will post the oral testimony as soon as we can, but this sounds like what he said.  He was wonderful.  It's too bad the members of the Health and Welfare Committee had their minds made up before hearing anyone.  Here's a link to the … [Read more...] about Testimony of Ira Byock of Dartmouth Hitchcock’s Palliative Care Department

Here's a link to the Burlington Free Press News Story: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20130201/NEWS03/302010027/Doctor-assisted-suicide-measure-backed-by-Vermont-Senate-committee?odyssey=mod|. And here's what the Free Press had to say about the bill, which is still not available for the public to read and which still has no number: The Health & Welfare … [Read more...] about Unbelievable: the Bill the Committee Passed is Worse than the First Version

The assisted suicide bill was just voted out of the Health and Welfare Committee, with a 5-0 affirmative vote. The Bill reaches the Senate floor today and will then be sent to the Judiciary Committee for testimony next week. It is not too late to stop this, but it is critical that everyone calls their Senators over the weekend.  Let us know what they tell you by emailing … [Read more...] about Assisted Suicide Passes in the Health and Welfare PLEASE Call Your Senators Now and Plan to Be in the State House Next Week.