The NJ Senate could vote on the assisted suicide bill already passed by that state’s Assembly as early as January 13, 2015. We urge people__especially people from NJ, but anyone from any state who believes the spread of assisted suicide is dangerous public policy and a risk to everyone, everywhere__to contact each Senator, politely asking that he or she vote against S.382. … [Read more...] about Calls and Emails Still Needed to NJ Senators, with a Link to an Excellent Source for Preparing for Them
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Ezekiel Emanuel’s Latest Rant
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
Whose Choice is It? Oregon Rations End of Life Care
In 2008, when Oregonian cancer patients Barbara Wagner and Randy Stroup received letters from the state Medicaid program denying payment for prescribed and wanted chemotherapy and listing assisted suicide among the alternatives that would be covered, they were devastated at being condemned to premature deaths and angry at the infringement on their personal autonomy … [Read more...] about Whose Choice is It? Oregon Rations End of Life Care