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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.

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Sad News: Brittany Maynard Died on November 1 by Assisted Suicide

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http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20868349,00.html So Ms. Maynard was trapped after all.  Two days ago she said she still enjoyed life and this didn't feel like the right time., and now a twenty-nine year old is dead by her own hand.  She died on the very day she had said was too soon, November 1. What a waste of days that could have been spent with her family and … [Read more...] about Sad News: Brittany Maynard Died on November 1 by Assisted Suicide

Dying with Dignity: Why Isn’t This Girl’s Picture on the Cover of People Magazine?

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Here's Lauren Hill, a nineteen year old girl with brain cancer, with only weeks to live, who is living her life fully until the end, refusing to be "a quitter", showing us all the way to die with true dignity. http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/girl-with-terminal-cancer-living-for-basketball/ What a great example Lauren is, particularly to those tempted to despair of life … [Read more...] about Dying with Dignity: Why Isn’t This Girl’s Picture on the Cover of People Magazine?

Legal Right to Kill Has Consequences Far Beyond Brittany Maynard

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Adam  J. MacLeod cuts to the chase in this Public Discourse piece: http://shar.es/103w27 He writes, "Brittany Maynard’s story is perhaps the most emotionally compelling case one could make for legalizing assisted suicide. As she notes, her circumstances are unique, and she is not arguing that physician-assisted suicide is right for all, or even for most. But why, she … [Read more...] about Legal Right to Kill Has Consequences Far Beyond Brittany Maynard

Nurse who lost her daughter to suicide speaks out

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Are we being repetitive?  Yes.  Brittany Maynard's planned suicide has unleashed a cacophony of voices in opposition to assisted suicide, and we are grateful for the opportunity to give some of those voices a forum here.  Read this commentary by  Nancy Valko, RN, on the Witherspoon Institute's blog, Public Discourse, for another view of the dangers inherent in assisted suicide: … [Read more...] about Nurse who lost her daughter to suicide speaks out

This is How to Die with Dignity: Serving Others unti the Very End

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In the light of how people are portraying courage in confronting the end of life these days, here's what the real thing looks like. Sgt. Jason Allen, a Rutland VT policeman, died at 35 last week, of cancer.  He had come to the sheriff's department in 2002 and apparently became a friend, role model, and mentor to everybody he met, even the people he arrested.  Until the very … [Read more...] about This is How to Die with Dignity: Serving Others unti the Very End