The following is the written testimony submitted to the House Human Services Committee, and given in person by Lynne Cleveland Vitzthum of the Vermont Center for Independent Living. Kudos to Vitzthum for staying on message through repeated attempts by Committee Chair Anne Pugh to insist that disabled people are not vulnerable under this law. This testimony and … [Read more...] about Testimony Began Today in Vermont House Human Services Committee: Is Act 39 Working?
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A New Method of Doctor-Assisted Suicide: Evisceration of the Living for Organ Donation
Health April 2015 As They Lay Dying Two doctors say it’s far too hard for terminal patients to donate their organs. Joshua Mezrich and Joseph Scalea Mar 16 2015, 8:25 PM ET http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/04/as-they-lay-dying/386273/ Thanks to Alex Schadenberg and Wesley Smith for pointing out an article in the Atlantic advocating a "right" for … [Read more...] about A New Method of Doctor-Assisted Suicide: Evisceration of the Living for Organ Donation
The “Movement” for Assisted Suicide: A New Kind of Religious Zealotry
Assisted suicide is becoming a pseudo-religion, a form of spirituality, in which "(Brittany) Maynard has become a sort of secular saint for the cause, and the media have provided her hagiography," according to Psychiatrist Aaron Kheriaty of the University of California at Irvine. What is being worshipped? In a blogpost linked below, Kheriaty writes that it is a delusional … [Read more...] about The “Movement” for Assisted Suicide: A New Kind of Religious Zealotry
Former member of Baltimore Ravens football Team, Now Suffering from ALS, Testifies Against Making Assisted Suicide Legal
O.J. Brigance, a former star of the Baltimore Ravens football team, who made the first tackle in Superbowl XXXV, says he has accomplished more since being diagnosed with ALS eight years ago than he ever did while fully able-bodied. Listen to hear why he opposes legal assisted suicide. He gave this testimony before the Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee on March … [Read more...] about Former member of Baltimore Ravens football Team, Now Suffering from ALS, Testifies Against Making Assisted Suicide Legal
Prepare for Inevitable Abuse of Act 39
It’s time to stop letting proponents of Act 39 promote the false narrative that this law is about personal choice. It’s a prescription for abuse and we need to face that we are putting vulnerable Vermonters at risk by allowing it. This Op-Ed by Disability Rights Activist Stephen Mendelsohn, published in the Connecticut Mirror, articulates it well: “So when proponents … [Read more...] about Prepare for Inevitable Abuse of Act 39