The Vermont Senate voted today to postpone until Wednesday, March 11 any action on S. 108, "An act relating to repealing the sunset on provisions pertaining to patient choice at end of life." True Dignity supports the postponement but opposes the bill, and asks Vermonters who believe likewise to ask their senators and representatives over Town Meeting Week break to oppose this … [Read more...] about Assisted Suicide Update
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Call Your Senators And Ask Them to Repeal Act 39
We need you to take URGENT action! True Dignity is sharing the following information that is also available at http://www.repealact39.com/ Act 39 is expected to get a vote on the Senate floor at 1 pm Thursday (2/26). And the vote will be very close! We need you to call your Senators at the Statehouse today (Wednesday, 2/25) or early morning Thursday. So there is no time to … [Read more...] about Call Your Senators And Ask Them to Repeal Act 39
Our Tax Dollars at Work: Prettifying Suicide and Ignoring the Vulnerable
The Vermont Senate Health and Welfare Committee heard testimony on Wednesday on Act 39. The two questions being examined: “Is Act 39 working?” and “Should the sunset provisions in Act 39 be repealed?” Testimony was heard from a dozen people, nearly all of whom acknowledged that there are problems with the law, including the lack of documentation required, and the scarcity of … [Read more...] about Our Tax Dollars at Work: Prettifying Suicide and Ignoring the Vulnerable
Bad But Not Hopeless News From Canada: Good News from Colorado
In a shocking unanimous decision yesterday, Canada's Supreme Court overturned the long-standing countrywide ban on doctor assisted death. The ruling applies to the whole country. Because the ruling did not, as far as we can glean from newspaper reports, require that the poison by which a person's life would be ended must be self administered, we are going to refer to what … [Read more...] about Bad But Not Hopeless News From Canada: Good News from Colorado
The repeal movement is underway!
You can start following the movement by going to: https://www.facebook.com/RepealAct39 And here's a preview of some of the ads! … [Read more...] about The repeal movement is underway!