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Suicide is never death with dignity, and assisted suicide legislation threatens true patient choices at the end of life.

Connecticut

Great News: Assisted Suicide Dies Peacefully in the Maryland Legislature

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The good news is that there will be no assisted suicide law passed in Maryland in 2015.  Two committees were considering the legislation, and both declined to vote on it. The bad news is that the legislature is setting up a study group to come up with a proposal for the next session. Here's the article from the Baltimore Sun.  … [Read more...] about Great News: Assisted Suicide Dies Peacefully in the Maryland Legislature

Boston Globe and Hartford Courant Report That the CT Assisted Suicide Bill Will Not Receive a Vote in Committee

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Here are the links to the articles about the victory in CT.  How we wish they were about a victory in VT!  Still, we are overjoyed that the passage of assisted suicide in Vermont did not topple the other dominoes, not at all.  If passage here was a victory for "the movement", Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Quebec, and now Connecticut must have "the movement" reeling.  We … [Read more...] about Boston Globe and Hartford Courant Report That the CT Assisted Suicide Bill Will Not Receive a Vote in Committee

Good News, But Be Vigilant

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Members of the Public Health Committee in the CT legislature are saying there probably won't be a vote on the assisted suicide bill this year.  If there is no vote, the bill would be dead for this session of the legislature.  That is exceedingly good news, and, if true, it leaves Vermont isolated among the New England states.  Embarrassment and a determination not to let our … [Read more...] about Good News, But Be Vigilant

Stephen Mendelsohn Nails the Difference between Proponents and Opponents: “We” vs. “Me, Myself, and I”

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The first link is to a video of Stephen Mendelsohn's fantastic speech at the Second Thought news conference in Connecticut this week.  The second is to a transcript of the same remarks at the press conference, which he writes were substantially the same as his testimony in the legislature. Stephen Mendelsohn Nails the Difference between the Proponents and Opponents of … [Read more...] about Stephen Mendelsohn Nails the Difference between Proponents and Opponents: “We” vs. “Me, Myself, and I”