The author of this letter to the Boston Globe is a physician who deals with aging patients and an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School. See her biographical information at the end of the letter. Read the letter online at http://articles.boston.com/2012-10-05/letters/34253724_1_patients-lethal-dose-lethal-medication. Doctors’ beef with Question 2 stems from fear … [Read more...] about Doctors’ Beef with Physician Assisted Suicide Stems from Concern for Patients’ Welfare
Other States
Bay State Banner Opposes Legalization of Assisted Suicide, Urges Massachusetts Citizens to Vote No on Question 2
The Bay State Banner, a generally liberal Boston newspaper, today published the following editorial opposing the legalization of assisted suicide. We have also included a supportive comment by Second Thoughts, the disablitly rights group that has been one of the chief voices fighting this dangerous Massachusetts initiative, which will be a ballot question on election day. If … [Read more...] about Bay State Banner Opposes Legalization of Assisted Suicide, Urges Massachusetts Citizens to Vote No on Question 2
Where Assisted Suicide Legal, There is Pressure to Die: a Letter from Oregon
The letter in italics below was published in the Hawaii Free Press on Feb 15, 2011. It provides further evidence of our contention that people with disabilities are not the only people whose lives are devalued. The lives of people with serious illness and people with old age are also considered not worth living by some in the medical profession. This devaluation leads to subtle … [Read more...] about Where Assisted Suicide Legal, There is Pressure to Die: a Letter from Oregon
Massachusetts Lawyer with “Front Line Experience” Tells Why He Opposes Legalizing Assisted Suicide
Back in March, a physician who had been an advocate for assisted suicide in Oregon took his own life. An Associated Press story on the doctor's suicide elicited the following letter to the editor of the Boston Globe . The author is a Massachusetts lawyer whose opposition to legal assisted suicide comes from his experience representing abused, disregarded, overlooked, and … [Read more...] about Massachusetts Lawyer with “Front Line Experience” Tells Why He Opposes Legalizing Assisted Suicide
Oregon Doctor Warns Vermont About Assisted Suicide in a Letter to the Editor in the Bennington Banner: The Lack of Choice with Assisted Suicide
Possibly one of the best and most compelling arguments I have heard... The lack of choice with assisted suicide I have been a cancer doctor for over 40 years in Oregon. The combination of assisted-suicide legalization and prioritized medical care based on prognosis has created a danger for my patients on the Oregon Health Plan (Medicaid). For this reason, I … [Read more...] about Oregon Doctor Warns Vermont About Assisted Suicide in a Letter to the Editor in the Bennington Banner: The Lack of Choice with Assisted Suicide