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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Ask your Reps and Senators to support a Moratorium!

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Vermont Right to Life has called for opponents to Assisted Suicide to contact their representatives to support the Moratorium. “Join the fight to protect the lives of the elderly, disabled, sick and weakest amongst us by: Calling your State Senators and Representatives at home this week. Ask them to support the Moratorium on Assisted Suicide. Email them if you … [Read more...] about Ask your Reps and Senators to support a Moratorium!

VAEH and Allies call for Moratorium on Assisted Suicide.

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A moratorium on Act 39, the legislative malpractice that legalized assisted suicide in VT, is being proposed by the Vermont Alliance for Ethical Healthcare.  Today (Feb 27)  they held a press conference with the Vermont Center for Independent Living at the State House in Montpelier. It’s upsetting to think that the legislature has not yet passed such measures to protect … [Read more...] about VAEH and Allies call for Moratorium on Assisted Suicide.

John Kelly Debates Man Who Wants to Die with a Doctor’s Help after Making Himself Terminally Ill by Declining Treatment That Could Give Him Several More Years of Life

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Declining treatment when one is clearly going to die soon in spite of anything that medicine can offer is one thing, but rendering oneself terminally ill by declining treatment that could offer several years of life seems another thing to us.  That is what Robert Mitton, who was featured in a recent NY Times article we won't link, a puff piece for assisted suicide, wants to … [Read more...] about John Kelly Debates Man Who Wants to Die with a Doctor’s Help after Making Himself Terminally Ill by Declining Treatment That Could Give Him Several More Years of Life

Bad Definitions of “Dignity” Have Deadly Consequences

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John Kelly of Massachusetts Second Thoughts posted an interesting Facebook comment on the article linked below. True Dignity shared it on its Facebook page. His point, that "indignity", the opposite of dignity, is defined ed by many people who commit suicide legally under Oregon's law as "needing help".  We all need help.  Some people with disabilities need help with the … [Read more...] about Bad Definitions of “Dignity” Have Deadly Consequences