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Citizens Against Assisted Suicide

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Suicide is never death with dignity, and assisted suicide legislation threatens true patient choices at the end of life.

Out of State/General

Physician-assisted suicide “in direct conflict” with doctor’s role

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The article in italics below appeared in the July 31 2012 blog of the Boston Globe  and can be read there at the link below:   http://www.boston.com/whitecoatnotes/2012/07/31/barbara-rockett-physician-assisted-suicide-direct-conflict-with-doctor-role/zlbvvbRy4YmSOvcIqHJeIN/story.html   We like it a lot, especially because it brings up a reason we had never … [Read more...] about Physician-assisted suicide “in direct conflict” with doctor’s role

The assisted suicide slope is slick for vulnerable people

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Once again, Alex Schadenberg of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition has called our attention to an article we missed. We were traveling over the weekend.; That's an explanation, not an excuse. Below is an excellent article by another Canadian friend, disablity rights activist Rhonda Wiebe. We have published the version that appeared on Alex's website … [Read more...] about The assisted suicide slope is slick for vulnerable people

People Supporting Assisted Suicide Laws Often Believe They Require Doctors to Screen All Patients for Depression: They Do Not

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It is well-known that the treatable mental illness of depression causes suicidal thoughts, so much so that such thoughts are considered an identifying characteristic of depression for diagnostic purposes (http://www.mental-health-today.com/dep/dsm.htm).   Advocates for assisted suicide are misinformed, and misinform others, when they assert that depressed people are … [Read more...] about People Supporting Assisted Suicide Laws Often Believe They Require Doctors to Screen All Patients for Depression: They Do Not

Remove the Euphemism And Assisted Suicide Is Homicide: Commentary from the Toronto Star

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http://www.thestar.com/printarticle/1212771 From the online site of the Toronto Star DiManno: B.C. assisted suicide ruling an alarming interpretation of Charter June 18, 2012 Rosie DiManno Remove the euphemism and assisted suicide is homicide. Justifiable? B.C. Supreme Court Justice Lynn Smith thinks so, with an alarming landmark interpretation of the … [Read more...] about Remove the Euphemism And Assisted Suicide Is Homicide: Commentary from the Toronto Star

An Factual Article and a Burlington Free Press Editorial on the Defeat of Assisted Suicide in the Vermont Senate

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We just got the new issue of the Patients Rights Council newsletter, with an excellent article about the defeat of the 10th attempt to legalize assisted suicide in our state. The Patients Rights Council article contains excerpts from the Burlington Free Press's April 13 editorial praising the defeat of assisted suicide on the grounds that it changes the doctor/patient … [Read more...] about An Factual Article and a Burlington Free Press Editorial on the Defeat of Assisted Suicide in the Vermont Senate