It’s all over for now. The board of True Dignity Vermont is thankful from the bottom of our hearts to all who fought this dangerous bill : the legislators who tried behind the scenes and on the floor to make their colleagues listen to reason, the witnesses who did the same in the hearings, bringing experience in addition to reason to the debate, and most of all the citizens of Vermont, including people with disabilities, doctors, nurses, people who work with the poor, the young and the old, people of all religious beliefs and none, who wrote and called their legislators, sometimes several times. We can take satisfaction in knowing we fought this good fight to the very end.
We will be taking a rest for now, but expect us to be back later as a watchdog over this extremely dangerous law as it is implemented and as a resource for Vermonters who want to die well, naturally.