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Citizens Against Assisted Suicide

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Vermont Legislature

President of Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights Testifies Against Legalization of Assisted Suicide in State Senate Committee Hearing

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Here's an article about the Friday testimony of Ed Paquin, a Vermont disability rights activist, the only one invited to testify at the hearings.  Clearly no one was listening, but it's good testimony anyway, and VT legislators should have paid attention.  The link is .http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/2/prweb10390846.htm. Rochester, NY (PRWEB) February 02, 2013 Ed … [Read more...] about President of Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights Testifies Against Legalization of Assisted Suicide in State Senate Committee Hearing

More from Oregon Physician Charles Bentz’s Testimony before the Vermont Senate Health and Welfare Committee

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In yesterday’s post we forgot to say that the Oregon physician who testified against the bill, Charles Bentz, told the committee that since Oregon legalized assisted suicide, his office constantly gets calls from patients asking whether its doctors write the lethal prescriptions.  These are not from people wanting the poison.  Those normally call the advocacy group Compassion … [Read more...] about More from Oregon Physician Charles Bentz’s Testimony before the Vermont Senate Health and Welfare Committee