As expected, the House Human Services Committee has rewritten S.77 so that it is once more an Oregon-style assisted suicide bill. The bill now goes to the Judiciary Committee, which is expected to send it to the House floor with few or no changes. This is a terrible, dangerous bill. It is ironic that Representative Haas, who insists that assisted suicide has a track record … [Read more...] about S. 77 Restored to Oregon-Style Form, Passed by House Human Services Committee and Sent to Judiciary
Vermont
Vermont Lawyer Norman Smith’s Testimony: I Fear for at Least One Client’s Life if Assisted Suicide is Legalized in VT
Testimony of Norman C Smith, Esq. Before the Vermont House Human Services Committee April 12, 2013 Chairwoman Pugh, members of the Committee, thank you for allowing me to testify. My name is Norman Smith. I was born and raised in St. Johnsbury, graduating from St. Johnsbury Academy in 1973. After graduating from MIT and Boston University Law School, I clerked for … [Read more...] about Vermont Lawyer Norman Smith’s Testimony: I Fear for at Least One Client’s Life if Assisted Suicide is Legalized in VT
Testimony of Ed Paquin, President of the Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights: People with disabilities DO have a history of being seen as a burden and have every right to be concerned when the healing profession’s mission is proposed to be expanded beyond cure and palliation to include assisting suicide.”
Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights 11 EAST STATE STREET, SUITE #2 MONTPELIER, VT 05602 TEL: 1 (800) 639-1522 WWW.VCDR.ORG Physician Assisted Suicide Good morning. My name is Ed Paquin and I am the president of the Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights. We appreciate the opportunity to address the committee on the subject that some are calling … [Read more...] about Testimony of Ed Paquin, President of the Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights: People with disabilities DO have a history of being seen as a burden and have every right to be concerned when the healing profession’s mission is proposed to be expanded beyond cure and palliation to include assisting suicide.”
The Testimony of Phillip Brown, Chief Medical Officer at Central VT Hospital, Methodically Destroys Claims of “Safety” in Oregon Assisted Suicides And Shows How There Has Been a Slippery Slope in Reporting Requirements
In italics below, is Dr. Brown's testimony, which carefully, methodically uses the facts to show the deficiencies in the Oregon reports proponents cite to claim that there has been no abuse in assisted suicides there. The testimony also lists two examples of the slippery slope: ways in which the reporting requirements have been lightened to further obscure what really … [Read more...] about The Testimony of Phillip Brown, Chief Medical Officer at Central VT Hospital, Methodically Destroys Claims of “Safety” in Oregon Assisted Suicides And Shows How There Has Been a Slippery Slope in Reporting Requirements
How Could VT Lawmakers, Knowing the State’s Terrible Abuse Response Record, Consider Enacting Assisted Suicide, the Perfect Cover for Abusers?
The Vermont House recently passed H. 105, an act requiring the Commissioner of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living, part of the VT Department of Human Services, to provide quarterly information on the number of adult abuse reports received by the department, the number actually investigated, the number declared unsubstianted after an investigation, and the reasons why … [Read more...] about How Could VT Lawmakers, Knowing the State’s Terrible Abuse Response Record, Consider Enacting Assisted Suicide, the Perfect Cover for Abusers?