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

Vermont

Very Very Good News in the Vermont Elections

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Endorsements and donations from Patient Choices, the VT pro-assisted suicide group backed up by the nationwide group Compassion and Choices, do not seem to have paid off in the 2014 VT elections. The most spectacular defeat for a Patient Choices-endorsed legislator was that of Linda Waite-Simpson, about whom we have written several times. Waite-Simpson was instrumental in … [Read more...] about Very Very Good News in the Vermont Elections

How Legislators Voted on Act 39, Which Made Assisted Suicide Legal in Vermont

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True Dignity Vermont cannot endorse candidates in next week's elections, which will determine, at least in the short term, whether assisted suicide stays legal in  Vermont or is repealed as we hope.  We can, however, provide information, for your discernment.  Here are the names and party affiliations of those who voted for and against assisted suicide (or who stayed away) when … [Read more...] about How Legislators Voted on Act 39, Which Made Assisted Suicide Legal in Vermont

Patient Choices Vermont 2014 Candidate Endorsements

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Election Day is upon us, and it should be obvious that the fate of assisted suicide in Vermont is entirely dependent on the choices we make that day. While True Dignity does not endorse candidates, we are providing, for your information and discernment, the list of legislators endorsed by Patient Choices, the organization that successfully lobbied for assisted suicide in … [Read more...] about Patient Choices Vermont 2014 Candidate Endorsements

Letter to the Burlington Free Press: Assisted Suicide Law is Not Working, Should Be Repealed

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Somehow we missed this good letter when it appeared in the Burlington Free Press last June. How can anyone say the law is working well when it hasn't been used at all and when we don't know where the lethal drugs that were obtained but not ingested are?  Unlike some earlier versions of the bill that were defeated, Act 39 does not make any provisions at all for safe disposal … [Read more...] about Letter to the Burlington Free Press: Assisted Suicide Law is Not Working, Should Be Repealed

A Wrongful Death is a Wrongful Death: Letter in the Burlington Free Press

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The Burlington Free Press today published the following excellent letter calling for the repeal of Act 39, the assisted suicide law.  Unfortunately there is also an article on the opinion page in favor of assisted suicide.  The link to the letter is http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/opinion/comment-debate/2014/07/30/repeal-physician-assisted-suicide-now/13334997/.  … [Read more...] about A Wrongful Death is a Wrongful Death: Letter in the Burlington Free Press