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Suicide is never death with dignity, and assisted suicide legislation threatens true patient choices at the end of life.

Suicide Contagion

To Brittany Maynard: You Can Still Escape the “Movement” to Spread Assisted Suicide and Find Meaning in Helping Others Escape Too

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Radio and tv networks and popular print media are saturated today with the news that Brittany Maynard, a twenty-nine year old California woman with a brain tumor that is usually fatal, having moved to Oregon because that state has legalized assisted suicide, plans to die on November 1, approximately six months after receiving a prognosis giving her that amount of time to … [Read more...] about To Brittany Maynard: You Can Still Escape the “Movement” to Spread Assisted Suicide and Find Meaning in Helping Others Escape Too

As Washington Suicide Rate Increases, TV Station Runs Spot Romanticizing Assisted Suicide

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After the legal wrangling was over, all appeals had failed, and Oregon's assisted suicide law began to result in reported deaths in 1999, the rate of non-assisted suicides in the state, which had been declining for a decade, immediately began to rise.  It has continued to do so.  In 2010 it was 35% over the national average … [Read more...] about As Washington Suicide Rate Increases, TV Station Runs Spot Romanticizing Assisted Suicide

Letter to the Burlington Free Press: Assisted Suicide Law is Not Working, Should Be Repealed

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Somehow we missed this good letter when it appeared in the Burlington Free Press last June. How can anyone say the law is working well when it hasn't been used at all and when we don't know where the lethal drugs that were obtained but not ingested are?  Unlike some earlier versions of the bill that were defeated, Act 39 does not make any provisions at all for safe disposal … [Read more...] about Letter to the Burlington Free Press: Assisted Suicide Law is Not Working, Should Be Repealed

Suicide by any other name…

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Again today, my Facebook feed is filled with statements of mourning about yet another reported suicide of a well known person. People who knew Robin Williams only by his public persona are grieved by his untimely death, allegedly at his own hands. We can only imagine the heartbreak being experienced by his friends and family. And again today, I ask: what is the distinction … [Read more...] about Suicide by any other name…

Suicide Contagion: Will Legislators in Other States Ignore It As VT Legislators Did?

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Linked below is an article in today's Boston Globe, written by a staff writer.  If you are unable to access it, feel free to email admin@truedignityvt.org, and we'll send you a copy for personal use: http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/columns/2014/02/15/teen-suicide-looks-and-feels-contagious/HsWnICQySeYJYJyZNM5wJP/story.html?p1=Well_BG_Links The article makes the point … [Read more...] about Suicide Contagion: Will Legislators in Other States Ignore It As VT Legislators Did?