Tomorrow will mark a week since Senators Dick Sears (D-Bennington), the Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senator John Campbell (D-Windsor), the Senate Pro Tem, made a decision not to bring S 103, the bill that would have legalized assisted suicide, to any vote. The day after the Judiciary Committee held hearings on the bill, Alice Nitka (D-Windsor), one of the three … [Read more...] about The Past Week
Commentary
Hey, Can You Stop at CVS and Pick Up My Suicide Pills?
True Dignity likes this article, which minces no words in describing physician assisted suicide. It appeared on today’s Philly Post, the blog of Philadelphia Magazine (http://blogs.phillymag.com/the_philly_post/2012/02/15/hey-stop-cvs-pick-suicide-pills/). So-called "Death With Dignity" measures are murder, plain and simple. By Beth Capriotti 2/15/2012 While in Boston … [Read more...] about Hey, Can You Stop at CVS and Pick Up My Suicide Pills?
At Least Some Assisted Suicide Proponents in Vermont Really Want Euthanasia
On January 30, 2012, the Times Argus published a heartbreaking letter from the mother of a severely disabled man who lived 29 years before dying when she refused treatement for him. The letter advocates the enactment of the assisted suicide bill now stuck (hopefully for the rest of the session) in the Vermont Senate by stating: "After watching him suffer endlessly for so many … [Read more...] about At Least Some Assisted Suicide Proponents in Vermont Really Want Euthanasia
Vermont’s Suicide Rate Rose by 15% in the Last Year: We Should Not Risk Making Things Worse by Legalizing Assisted Suicide
Vermont has the third highest suicide rate among states east of the Mississippi (http://www.wcax.com/story/16400746/vt-sees-a-troubling-trend-in-suicides?clienttype=printable). Recent statistics released by the Vermont Mental Health Performance Indicator Project on the reporting period covering September 2010 through August 2011 show a 15% rise in suicides to a record total … [Read more...] about Vermont’s Suicide Rate Rose by 15% in the Last Year: We Should Not Risk Making Things Worse by Legalizing Assisted Suicide