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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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Despite Some Encouraging News, We Still Need to Contact Our Own Senators and Members of the Senate Judicary Committee

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The reporters from the website VT Digger, which posted the article in italics below, seem to have talked to the Senators on the Judiciary Committee yesterday and learned that none of them were swayed by the long and distorted testimony of George Eighmey, the Oregon activist. Apparently the majority opinion of the doctors and nurses in Vermont, and of the disability rights … [Read more...] about Despite Some Encouraging News, We Still Need to Contact Our Own Senators and Members of the Senate Judicary Committee

Vermont Senate Hearings on Physician Assisted Suicide

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Five of the six members of True Dignity’s board joined hundreds of people at the Vermont State House this morning for the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on physician assisted suicide (PAS). We estimate that people opposing PAS outnumbered the proponents by at least 3 to 1.   We heard strong testimony in opposition to the bill from the Vermont Alliance for Ethical … [Read more...] about Vermont Senate Hearings on Physician Assisted Suicide

People with Disabilities Testify against The Attempt to Legalize Assisted Suicide in Massachusetts Earlier This Week

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The film above was taken by a Boston television station in the Massachusetts State House on March 6.  To read the full story, go to Disabled upset over "Death with Dignity" bill: wwlp.com. People with disabilities will be among those  testifying against assisted suicide in Vermont next week.  Please join us on Wednesday, March 14, in the Statehouse, between the hours of 9 AM … [Read more...] about People with Disabilities Testify against The Attempt to Legalize Assisted Suicide in Massachusetts Earlier This Week

Ten Physicians Express Opposition to Legalizing Assisted Suicide in a Joint Letter to the Bennington Banner

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Letter: Local MDs: Dignity is not about death Posted: 12/11/2011 09:45:27 PM EST http://www.benningtonbanner.com/letters/ci_19526618   Sunday December 11, 2011 In his encyclical letter entitled "Evangelicum Vitae," Pope John Paul II states, "choices once unanimously considered criminal and rejected by the common moral sense are gradually becoming socially … [Read more...] about Ten Physicians Express Opposition to Legalizing Assisted Suicide in a Joint Letter to the Bennington Banner