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More Good News: The CT Assisted Suicide Bill is Officially Dead in Committee

Posted in Colorado, CT, Defeats in other states on April 11, 2015 | Comments Off

We wrote a couple of days ago that the CT assisted suicide bill appeared to be dead.  Now the death has been officially pronounced. Here’s a link to a news story: http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Aid-in-dying-bill-fails-in-committee-6190352.php

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Great News: Assisted Suicide Dies Peacefully in the Maryland Legislature

Posted in Connecticut, Maryland on April 8, 2015 | Comments Off

The good news is that there will be no assisted suicide law passed in Maryland in 2015.  Two committees were considering the legislation, and both declined to vote on it. The bad news is that the legislature is setting up a study group to come up with a proposal for the next session. Here’s the […]

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Bad But Not Hopeless News From Canada: Good News from Colorado

Posted in Canada, Canada Supreme Court, Colorado, Euthanasia/Assisted Suicide Two Sides of the Same Coin, Expansion of Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia, Legal Opinions, Legislative Efforts in Other States, Rejections of Assisted Suicide in other states, Uncategorized on February 7, 2015 | Comments Off

In a shocking unanimous decision yesterday, Canada’s  Supreme Court overturned the long-standing countrywide ban on doctor assisted death.  The ruling applies to the whole country. Because the ruling did not, as far as we can glean from newspaper reports, require that the poison by which a person’s life would be ended must be self administered, […]

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New Connecticut Assisted Suicide Bill

Posted in Connecticut on January 22, 2015 | Comments Off

Here is is: the latest assisted suicide bill in Connecticut.  Yesterday one was introduced in CA. To all, get ready to fight, with civility, reason, and facts. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2015/TOB/S/2015SB-00668-R00-SB.htm

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Calls and Emails Still Needed to NJ Senators, with a Link to an Excellent Source for Preparing for Them

Posted in Cheapness of Assisted Suicide, Chronic Diseases Rendered Terminal by Non-treatment, Elder Abuse, New Jersey, Rationing, Reasons to Oppose, Relatives Won't Know, Richard Doerflinger on January 6, 2015 | Comments Off

The NJ Senate could vote on the assisted suicide bill already passed by that state’s Assembly as early as January 13, 2015. We urge people__especially people from NJ, but anyone from any state who believes the spread of assisted suicide is dangerous public policy and a risk to everyone, everywhere__to contact each Senator, politely asking […]

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Update: The Assisted Suicide Bill Was Not Called Up Yesterday. Don’t Stop Calling

Posted in Legislative Efforts in Other States, New Jersey on December 19, 2014 | Comments Off

If he had had enough votes to pass it, Senate President Stephen Sweeney would surely have called it to the floor yesterday, December 18. According to disability rights activist John Kelly, “The next scheduled voting session of the Senate is January 13, and if Sweeney has the votes by then, it will surely be posted. […]

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Action Alert! Contact Every New Jersey Senator Today. Ask Him or Her to Vote against the Assisted Suicide Bill.

Posted in Alerts, Legislative Efforts in Other States, New Jersey, Uncategorized on December 17, 2014 | Comments Off

Thanks to www.noassistedsuicidenj.org  for this alphabetical list of the New Jersey Senators, with each one’s phone number and email address. http://noassistedsuicidenj.org/images/NJ%20Legislators.pdf Yesterday we stopped calling when we heard that the assisted suicide bill is not posted for debate and a vote on Thursday, December 18.  Since that time, however, we have heard that the bill was […]

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