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The Spokane Washington Spokesman-Review reports today that an Idaho Senate committee has passed a bill approved by the Idaho Medical Association making assisting in suicide a felony. A representative of the Medical Association said of assisted suicide, “It’s not currently a part of Idaho’s standards for patient care… and doctors don’t want it to be. “ The bill will now go to … [Read more...] about Good News from Idaho; Vermont Assisted-Suicide Legislation Introduced

From: THE VERMONT BAR JOURNAL • WINTER 2011 by Margaret K. Dore, Esq. “Elders and people with disabilities are, as a group, at high risk for violence, abuse and exploitation.” Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services (1) Introduction In 2009, a legislative proposal to legalize physician-assisted suicide in Vermont was introduced, but not brought to a vote. (2)  The … [Read more...] about Physician-Assisted Suicide: A Recipe for Elder Abuse and the Illusion of Personal Choice

Excellent News! This week committees in two state legislatures voted down legislation to legalize assisted suicide.  The Health Committee of Hawaii’s Senate unanimously defeated a bill modeled, like the draft legislation being proposed in Vermont, on Oregon’s 1997 Death with Dignity Act. The committee chairman told the Honolulu Star Advertiser, “"After considering the … [Read more...] about Excellent News!

Bernier Mayo's experience as a teacher, a headmaster, and a school superintendent in Vermont  makes him uniquely qualified to discuss teenaged suicide. In the article below he explains why he believes legal assisted suicide threatens our teenagers. Please also check our link to an article by well-known bioethicist Wesley Smith on the same topic. In My Opinion Doctor … [Read more...] about Suicide is Contagious

The Oregon Public Health Division is required by law to submit an annual report on the implementation of the assisted suicide law in that state. Two observations from the analysis issued as a press release by Physicians for Compassionate Care, a group of Oregon doctors who oppose assisted suicide, clearly reveal the dangers of implementing the Oregon law, which is the model for … [Read more...] about Two Observations on the 2010 Oregon Public Health Division Report on Assisted Suicide