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The current (May 25) edition of the Manchester Journal contains an article in which two southern VT state Senators give their opinions on the 2012 session of the Vermont legislature.  Only one of the two Senators, Robert Hartwell, A Bennington County Democrat,  mentioned the assisted suicide bill.  According to the article, he told the Journal that "there were a couple of … [Read more...] about Vermont State Senator Says the Legislature Wasted Precious Time on Failed Assisted Suicide Bill

Coleman's Letter copied below appears in Today's Minneapolis Star Tribune http://www.startribune.com/opinion/letters/152364925.html   The editorial recommends the Oregon assisted-suicide law as a controlled alternative to the rogue actions of Final Exit Network. Actually, the Oregon law controls assisted suicide like speed limits control highway … [Read more...] about Diane Coleman: Oregon’s “Safeguards” are Just Window Dressing for the Ugly Devaluation of Old, Ill and Disabled People

The National Disability Rights Network, a coalition of federally mandated groups, issued a press release today, reporting the results of a study that perfectly illustrates why people with disabilities fear and work to prevent the legalization of assisted suicide. The study points to widespread devaluation of people with disabilities and to widespread willingness on the part of … [Read more...] about Why People with Disabilities Oppose Assisted Suicide: Study Shows Devaluation is Life-Threatening

Since some of us were out of state when the assisted suicide bill was finally defeated in the Vermont Senate, we have been reviewing articles published at the time. We liked Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg's comment to the VT Digger article on the defeat. Cohen-Rottenberg, until very recently, maintained a blog called Journeys with Autism (www.autismandempathy.com).   In her comment, … [Read more...] about Rachel Cohen Rottenberg Asks Vermont Digger to Remember that People with Disabilities Do Not Want Legal Assisted Suicide in Vermont