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Margaret Dore had a brilliant legal-minded testimony you can view it at the CTN Video Circa 6:07 mark. Below are notes on her testimony Oppose Washington State. Elder law. What does the bill actually say? the bill is not what it seems to be self-administer allows someone else to give it to you, which is Euthanasia. She is a Former clerk for Wash. State Supreme … [Read more...] about Margaret Dore– CT Assisted Suicide Hearing March 2014

We often talk about the Assisted Suicide being against the purpose and nature of medicine... and in American the Hippocratic oath is the symbol of a good doctor. (98% of American medical students swear some form of oath) The most prevalent line that people know in the Oath is the "do no harm" clause.  But how many of us know the next line? "I will give no deadly medicine … [Read more...] about Hippocratic oath and Assisted Suicide

Assisted suicide legislation has failed to make it out of committee in the Massachusetts legislature.  Coming on the heels of the recent defeat of assisted suicide legislation by a NH legislative committee, this is good news indeed but embarrassing news for Vermont.  Why did our legislature not do the same thing in May, 2013? Vermonters should remember that the VT Senate … [Read more...] about Good News but Another Embarassment for Vermont: Massachusetts Assisted Suicide Legislation Dies in Committee

Representative/Doctor in opposition 2 patients in hospice that were not terminally ill. After 2 months they returned home and lived for many years after that. 15% in Waterford(?) were let out of hospice and sent to other care. People would talk about what it does to the inheritance, and how much they’re losing daily by sustaining care. His wife is now a cancer survivor due … [Read more...] about CT continued

James McGahee director "Office of protection for persons with disabilities" (a CT state entity) In opposition Agency's interest is from working with people with disabilities. Disabilities have been used as "reasons not to provide certain types of medical treatment". "The degree to which the medical world will call them terminally ill, because they perceive them as … [Read more...] about Opposition of by elected official