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Some Legislators Taking a “Hear-no-evil” Stance on Act 39

Posted in Brittany Maynard, Classism and Assisted Suicide, Compassion and Choices, Devaluation of Lives with Disabilities, Euthanasia/Assisted Suicide Contagion, Selling of Suicide, Suicide Contagion on April 18, 2015 | Comments Off

     Boldly displayed on a dry-erase board in Room 46 at the Vermont Statehouse, the meeting room for the House Human Services Committee, is a short list of principles the Committee has established to guide them as they consider legislation that affects Vermonters. The very first goal listed is: “Ensuring that vulnerable (Vermonters) are safe […]

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Another Example of Vermont’s Doublespeak on Suicide

Posted in Selling of Suicide, Suicide Contagion, Suicide Increase on March 19, 2015 | Comments Off

Once again the Vermont Legislature is exhibiting an alarming inconsistency on the topic of suicide. The March 19 Burlington Free Press carries an article about a House resolution discussed March 18 in the Vermont House Committee on General, Housing and Military Affairs. http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/politics/2015/03/18/vermont-military-suicide-resolution/24986339/ Proposed as a joint resolution for the House of Representatives and Senate, […]

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Our Tax Dollars at Work: Prettifying Suicide and Ignoring the Vulnerable

Posted in Choice Becomes "Duty" to Die, Chronic Diseases Rendered Terminal by Non-treatment, Devaluation of Lives with Disabilities, Disability Rights Groups' Opposition, Expansion of Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia, Language manipulation, Medical Opinions, Oregon, Personal Stories, Reasons to Oppose, Selfishness of Proponents, Selling of Suicide, Suicide Increase, Uncategorized, Vermont Legislature on February 20, 2015 | Comments Off

The Vermont Senate Health and Welfare Committee heard testimony on Wednesday on Act 39. The two questions being examined: “Is Act 39 working?” and “Should the sunset provisions in Act 39 be repealed?” Testimony was heard from a dozen people, nearly all of whom acknowledged that there are problems with the law, including the lack […]

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Vermont’s Suicide Conflict of Interest

Posted in Selling of Suicide, Suicide Contagion, Suicide Increase, Vermont Legislature on February 12, 2015 | Comments Off

Two stories were in the Vermont news this week that highlight a very real conflict of interest over suicide in this State. Vermont Public Radio aired an interview with JoEllen Tarallo-Falk, Director of the Vermont Suicide Prevention Center (VTSPC), on suicide prevention: http://digital.vpr.net/post/more-funding-needed-suicide-prevention-advocates-say Meanwhile, several media outlets published stories glamorizing two recent Legislature-endorsed (per Act […]

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Are the American People Smart Enough to See Through Compassion and Choices “Framing” of the Brittany Maynard Case?

Posted in Acceptance of Unintended Consequences, Selling of Suicide, Silencing Opposition, Slippery Slope on November 3, 2014 | Comments Off

Below, we link to a good article on the Brittany Maynard case, written before she committed assisted suicide but just as relevant now, especially as we await the edited death video that will almost certainly be released by Compassion and Choices and People Magazine.  The article discusses how the Maynard case is a “textbook example” […]

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