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.

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Ezekiel Emanuel’s Latest Rant

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Ezekiel Emanuel has spent his life building an impressive resume and now, at age 56, he wants the world to know that by 75 he plans to stop working so hard. In fact, he says that if he is still alive at 75, his master plan is to “stop all medical treatment” with the goal of avoiding such horrors of old age as frailty and forgetfulness.  Emanuel told Judy Woodruff on PBS News … [Read more...] about Ezekiel Emanuel’s Latest Rant

Once More, the Facts: Why Assisted Suicide is Dangerous

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Massachusetts is one of several states where the proponents of assisted suicide are trying for legalization again.  Two years ago the voters there defeated it in a referendum, so now they are circumventing the voters by going directly to the legislature, as they did in Vermont. In the article, disability rights advocate John Kelly does his usual brilliant job of stating the … [Read more...] about Once More, the Facts: Why Assisted Suicide is Dangerous

Why Connecticut Should Not Legalize Assisted Suicide and Why Vermont Should Repeal Its Law

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Thanks to Leslie Wolfgang for an excellent op-ed piece in today's Hartford Courant.  The reasons why CT should not legalize assisted suicide are the same reasons why Vermont should repeal its assisted suicide law.  This cannot be done until the next biennium, which begins in 2015, after an election this fall.  Now is not too early to tell your legislators that you want this law … [Read more...] about Why Connecticut Should Not Legalize Assisted Suicide and Why Vermont Should Repeal Its Law

Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Devalue and Threaten the Lives of the Elderly and Sick

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Here's a link to an excellent article: http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.ca/2013/10/euthanasia-putting-elderly-at-risk.html.  Though written in opposition to the proposed euthanasia law in Quebec, the points it makes are just as valid for assisted suicide. The elderly and the very sick require a lot of care, sometimes trying caregivers to the point of exhaustion and … [Read more...] about Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Devalue and Threaten the Lives of the Elderly and Sick