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CT Assisted Suicide Hearing #5

Posted in Other States, Uncategorized on March 29, 2014 | Comments Off

Here are the rest of my notes on the CT Hearing for HB 5326 the Assisted Suicide bill. (The video by CTN of the whole hearing is located here) Judith Passmore “I am worth of the same mercy as a dog” that gets put down. Senator Joe Markley With His friend Cathy Ludlim  “Strong opposition” The […]

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Doctors and nurses already misuse or abuse the power they have. The stakes are too high to consider expanding their power by legalizing assisted-suicide.

Posted in Damage to Family, Medical Power, Other States on March 17, 2013 | Comments Off

From the Great Falls (Montana) Tribune: ” I support House Bill 505, which clearly states that assisted suicide is not legal” http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20130313/OPINION/303130037/On-our-minds-Fires-suicide-bill-breweries My husband, Dr. James E. Mungas, was a respected physician and surgeon here in Great Falls. He developed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and I took care of him. His mind was clear and thought […]

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Doctors’ Beef with Physician Assisted Suicide Stems from Concern for Patients’ Welfare

Posted in Damage to Family, Letters to the Editors of Newspapers, Medical Opinions, Other States on October 9, 2012 | Comments Off

The author of this letter to the Boston Globe  is a physician who deals with aging patients and an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School. See her biographical information at the end of the letter.  Read the letter online at http://articles.boston.com/2012-10-05/letters/34253724_1_patients-lethal-dose-lethal-medication. Doctors’ beef with Question 2 stems from fear for patients’ welfare   October 05, […]

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Where Assisted Suicide Legal, There is Pressure to Die: a Letter from Oregon

Posted in Commentary, Oregon, Other States, True Dignity on July 16, 2012 | Comments Off

The letter in italics below was published in the Hawaii Free Press on Feb 15, 2011. It provides further evidence of our contention that people with disabilities are not the only people whose lives are devalued. The lives of people with serious illness and people with old age are also considered not worth living by […]

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Massachusetts Lawyer with “Front Line Experience” Tells Why He Opposes Legalizing Assisted Suicide

Posted in Legal Opinions, Other States on May 19, 2012 | Comments Off

Back in March, a physician who had been an advocate for assisted suicide in Oregon took his own life. An Associated Press story on the doctor’s suicide elicited the following letter to the editor of the Boston Globe . The author is a Massachusetts lawyer whose opposition to legal assisted suicide comes from his experience […]

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Oregon Doctor Warns Vermont About Assisted Suicide in a Letter to the Editor in the Bennington Banner: The Lack of Choice with Assisted Suicide

Posted in Letters to the Editors of Newspapers, Other States on January 12, 2012 | Comments Off

Possibly one of the best and most compelling arguments I have heard…   The lack of choice with assisted suicide I have been a cancer doctor for over 40 years in Oregon. The combination of assisted-suicide legalization and prioritized medical care based on prognosis has created a danger for my patients on the Oregon Health […]

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Video: Second Thoughts Leader John Kelly Tells Boston TV Station Why People with Disabilities Oppose Assisted Suicide

Posted in Disability Rights Groups' Opposition, Other States, Videos on December 18, 2011 | Comments Off

  On December 13, the very articulate John Kelly of Second Thoughts, the Massachusetts coalition of disability rights groups formed to express opposition to assisted suicide, was interviewed by the Boston TV news network, BNN. Here’s a link to that interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC8bQPVwLSY. Thanks to Alex Schadenberg of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition for drawing our attention […]

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