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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Opponents of Assisted Suicide Asked to Contact Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal

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Our friends at the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition have forwarded the following alert asking all opponents of assisted suicide to contact Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal and ask him to sign HB1114 that would prohibit assisted suicide in Georgia.  It is very important to us all what happens with assisted suicide in Georgia.  Laws in each state and nation set precedent for our own.  … [Read more...] about Opponents of Assisted Suicide Asked to Contact Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal

Georgia Senate Passes Bill to Prohibit Assisted Suicide

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Good news out of Georgia today where the Georgia Senate passed House Bill 1114 that would outlaw assisted suicide.  The legislation overwhelmingly passed the Senate by a vote of 48-1.  The bill would make assisted suicide a felony.  The legislation already passed the Georgia House on March 7th by a vote of 124-45.  It will now go to the Georgia Governor for signature into … [Read more...] about Georgia Senate Passes Bill to Prohibit Assisted Suicide

Physician-Assisted Suicides in Oregon Increasing in Number with Less Information

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Physicians for Compassionate Care (PCC) is the Oregon equivalent of Vermont Alliance for Ethical Health Care. For years it has stood against assisted suicide in an environment where it is legal and accepted but most certainly not safe. Here in italics is PCC's commentary on the Oregon Health Department's report on legal assisted suicides last year, 2011. It expresses the … [Read more...] about Physician-Assisted Suicides in Oregon Increasing in Number with Less Information

A Letter that Makes an Explosive Charge: The Proponents of Assisted Suicide for the “Terminally Ill” Consider This Only a “First Step”

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We waited to post the letter in italics below until it had appeared in the mainstream press. Why? Certainly not because we didn't like or believe the letter. We thought the recounting of a Vermont doctor's assertion that assisted suicide for the terminally ill is only a FIRST STEP would be so explosive that the proponents would accuse the letter-writer and us of libel. After … [Read more...] about A Letter that Makes an Explosive Charge: The Proponents of Assisted Suicide for the “Terminally Ill” Consider This Only a “First Step”