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Today the Dr. OZ show featured the topic of assisted suicide. The Dr. OZ show is a popular daytime talk show on NBC that took the place of the Oprah show. Although we did not watch the show, the Dr. OZ show website posted two essays revealing both sides of the assisted suicide argument.  The argument against assisted suicide was made by Ari Ne’eman, a Member of the National … [Read more...] about Article on the Dr. OZ website: Assisted Suicide Expands to the Disabled

In the October 28th issue of the Bennington Banner, a column by a Bob Stannard, identified only as coming from Manchester VT, actually accuses opponents of assisted suicide (misidentified as “death with dignity”) of contributing to overpopulation. Even leaving aside the irony of this article’s running in a small-town newspaper the same week the Washington Post ran a piece about … [Read more...] about Incredible: Vermont Writer Describes Suicide as a Remedy for Overpopulation

In this letter to the editor, recently published in the Gloucester Times in Massachusetts, an Oregon doctor concisely debunks the claim that assisted suicide is necessary to avoid unyielding pain.  http://www.gloucestertimes.com/opinion/x553404669/Letter-Oregon-doctor-disputes-states-assisted-suicide Letter: Oregon doctor disputes state's assisted suicide The Gloucester Daily … [Read more...] about Oregon Doctor Disputes State’s Assisted Suicide

Initiative proposal is a death trap The Lowell Sun Updated: 10/24/2011 12:14:42 PM EDT http://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_19176878#ixzz1c51DKBTP On paper, the Death with Dignity Act sounds like a medical plan whose time has come. Between the lines, however, the proposal, which would allow terminally ill patients to take their own lives with the aid of a licensed … [Read more...] about Massachusetts Paper’s Editorial against Legalizing Assisted Suicide There: Everything It Says Applies to Vermont

Published: October 25, 2011 http://www.timesargus.com/article/20111025/OPINION02/710259930/1022 Proponents of doctor-prescribed suicide recently (Oct. 6) held a pep rally at the Pavilion Auditorium as part of their ongoing effort to pressure legislators into taking up their cause when the Legislature returns in 2012. Reporter Dirk Van Susteren covered the event for Vt … [Read more...] about Don’t Waste Time on Assisted Suicide: A Great Letter to the Editor of the Times Argus of Montpelier Vermont