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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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Burlington Free Press: The Vermont Legislature Won’t Take Up Physician Assisted Suicide in 2012

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Despite the continuing campaign to make assisted suicide legal in Vermont, the Burlington Free Press reported yesterday that the Vermont legislature is unlikely even to consider the issue in its 2012 session. The reason: the votes are not there in the Senate to pass the bill introduced last February. If this bill dies, its passing will mark the ninth failed effort to pass … [Read more...] about Burlington Free Press: The Vermont Legislature Won’t Take Up Physician Assisted Suicide in 2012

Oregon Doctor Finds Fault with State’s Law

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Letters to the Editor - Boston Globe DEBATE OVER ASSISTED SUICIDE The Boston Globe, Oct. 4, 2011 http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2011/10/04/oregon_doctor_finds_fault_with_states_law/ October 4, 2011 I AM a doctor practicing medicine in Oregon and Washington, where physician-assisted suicide is legal. I disagree with Scot Lehigh that … [Read more...] about Oregon Doctor Finds Fault with State’s Law

Some Pressures on the Very Sick to Commit Suicide Are Not Even Subtle: Even When They Are, There is Always Pressure

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Thanks to Wesley Smith (http://thehumanfuture.cbc-network.org/2011/10/legalized-assisted-suicide-would-make-elder-abuse-epidemic-worse/)  for recalling to our attention the 1995 case of George Delury, who was convicted of manslaughter after “assisting” in the suicide of his wife, who suffered from multiple sclerosis. Released after serving a four month sentence, he later … [Read more...] about Some Pressures on the Very Sick to Commit Suicide Are Not Even Subtle: Even When They Are, There is Always Pressure

A Good Letter on the Dangers of a State’s Declaring Some Suicides Acceptable

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Letters to the Editor - Boston Globe September 24, 2011 http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2011/09/27/discard_euphemism_of_death_with_dignity___its_suicide/ The Boston Globe Discard euphemism of ‘death with dignity’ - it’s suicide September 27, 2011 WHEN WE discard the euphemism “death with dignity’’ and replace it with plain English, … [Read more...] about A Good Letter on the Dangers of a State’s Declaring Some Suicides Acceptable

“Baby Joseph” Dies Peacefully at Home

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In sad news, Joseph Maraachli, the baby boy at the heart of a passionate end-of-life dispute, died peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday. He was at home in Windsor, Ontario, with his family at the time he died.  He was 20-months old.   Baby Joseph suffered from Leigh Syndrome, a rare genetic disease that affects the central nervous system and has no cure. He was … [Read more...] about “Baby Joseph” Dies Peacefully at Home