True Dignity

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.

Devaluation of Lives with Disabilities

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For those who discount the slippery slope, here’s a taste of the future for people with disabilities like those assisted suicide advocates call “undignified” and which are also costly in the same way providing good care as a person dies would be costly, but for a longer period.    Vermont has taken a giant step towards that terrible future by enacting an assisted suicide law … [Read more...] about

https://www.truedignity.org/1010/

Second Thoughts’ John Kelly Testifies before Vermont Lawmakers, Demolishing the Idea that Assisted Suicide Has Ever Been Safe or Can Ever Be Made Safe

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In italics below, posted with permission, is the brilliant testimony John Kelly gave this afternoon before the House Human Services Committee. Testimony Before Vermont House Human Services Committee, April 11, 2013 Opposing The Legalization of Assisted Suicide John B. Kelly On behalf of Not Dead Yet and Massachusetts Second Thoughts www.notdeadyet.org          … [Read more...] about Second Thoughts’ John Kelly Testifies before Vermont Lawmakers, Demolishing the Idea that Assisted Suicide Has Ever Been Safe or Can Ever Be Made Safe

A BBC Documentary in Two Episodes: Everyone Should Listen, Especially Our Legislators

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In all the world, assisted dying, whether euthanasia or assisted suicide, is legal in only five countries, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and, very sadly, the US, where it is legal in Oregon and Washington. BBC World News recently presented a documentary in two parts in which Liz Carr, a person with disabilities opposed to assisted death in either form, … [Read more...] about A BBC Documentary in Two Episodes: Everyone Should Listen, Especially Our Legislators

President of Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights Testifies Against Legalization of Assisted Suicide in State Senate Committee Hearing

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Here's an article about the Friday testimony of Ed Paquin, a Vermont disability rights activist, the only one invited to testify at the hearings.  Clearly no one was listening, but it's good testimony anyway, and VT legislators should have paid attention.  The link is .http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/2/prweb10390846.htm. Rochester, NY (PRWEB) February 02, 2013 Ed … [Read more...] about President of Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights Testifies Against Legalization of Assisted Suicide in State Senate Committee Hearing