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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.

Disability Rights Groups' Opposition

Testimony of Ed Paquin, President of the Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights: People with disabilities DO have a history of being seen as a burden and have every right to be concerned when the healing profession’s mission is proposed to be expanded beyond cure and palliation to include assisting suicide.”

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  Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights 11 EAST STATE STREET, SUITE #2 MONTPELIER, VT 05602 TEL: 1 (800) 639-1522 WWW.VCDR.ORG   Physician Assisted Suicide Good morning. My name is Ed Paquin and I am the president of the Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights. We appreciate the opportunity to address the committee on the subject that some are calling … [Read more...] about Testimony of Ed Paquin, President of the Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights: People with disabilities DO have a history of being seen as a burden and have every right to be concerned when the healing profession’s mission is proposed to be expanded beyond cure and palliation to include assisting suicide.”

Vermont Center for Independent Living Continues to Oppose Physician Prescribed Suicide: Testimony of Executive Director Sarah Launderville before the House Human Services Committee

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Below in italics is the testimony of Sarah Launderville, the executive director of  the Vermont Center for Independent Living, a statewide organization that advocates for the right of people with disabilities to receive the help they need to live in their own homes.  Its website is http://www.vcil.org. According to Launderville, the members of VCIL, in opposing assisted … [Read more...] about Vermont Center for Independent Living Continues to Oppose Physician Prescribed Suicide: Testimony of Executive Director Sarah Launderville before the House Human Services Committee

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 Vermonter Lays Out the Reasons Why Our State Should Reject the Legalization of Assisted Suicide

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Just today, we found the fine article below on the website of the disability rights group Not Dead Yet (http://www.notdeadyet.org/2013/02/vermont-great-article-by-activist-rosemarie-jackowski-on-assisted-suicide.html.  How did we miss it before?  It is by a Vermont author, Rosemary Jackowski, and it does a great job of laying out the reasons why our state should reject the … [Read more...] about A Vermonter Lays Out the Reasons Why Our State Should Reject the Legalization of Assisted Suicide