by Wesley J. Smith 6 . 26 . 15 A few years ago, I spoke about end-of-life care at a town-hall event; it quickly devolved into an intense debate on assisted suicide. When the time came for audience questions, a self-described “mentally ill” woman took the microphone...
Stephanie Packer, a mom fighting a terminal lung disease, explains why she opposes California's Senate Bill 128 June 24, 2015 7:30PM ET by Stephanie Packer - Posted by Al Jazeera America In the past year, lawmakers in two dozen states have put controversial end-of-life bills up for debate....
Despite passage by the House, Senate support falls one vote short. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AUGUSTA – Maine lawmakers have defeated a bill that would have allowed doctors to provide lethal doses of medication to terminally ill patients. Republican Sen. Roger Katz’s bill died Tuesday because the Senate and...
As a life-long progressive who is rapidly approaching Medicare age, I am dismayed by the apparent resignation of the political left to the sorry state of dying in America. Just when moral outrage and radical social change are called for, my fellow progressives have embraced...
A George Soros-backed effort in California has stalled, the latest sign of weak backing for the deadly practice. Published by - The Wall Street Journal By AARON KHERIATY May 22, 2015 In the past 20 years, more than 100 campaigns to legalize assisted suicide have been introduced in various states....
By Diane Coleman People are often surprised to learn that all of the major national disability rights groups that have taken a position on assisted suicide oppose bills to legalize it. It may seem counterintuitive that the National Council on Independent Living, the Disability Rights Education...
Massachusetts Medical Society-This prominent association of Massachusetts Doctors has repeatedly and articulately opposed all forms of Doctor-Prescribed Suicide. American Medical Association-The best known medical professional’s association in America has released statements indicating that Doctor-Prescribed Suicide is “fundamentally incompatible with physician’s role.” American College of Medical Quality-Statements made...
As of today, only Oregon, Vermont and Washington have legalized doctor-assisted suicide. If state Rep. Louis Kafka of Stoughton has his way, Massachusetts will become the fourth. A bill Kafka has filed in the state Legislature would give a terminally ill patient the right to ask...
By Mary A. Cooke RN Special to the Advance Sen. Diane Savino refers to her father's dying in pain at the age of 53 as one reason why she is sponsoring the End-of-Life Options Act (Advance 2/21). Her article reminded me of my father's death. I'd like tell...
By John Kelly Even as the Oregon-based Death with Dignity National Center and other assisted suicide proponents continue to insist that "there have been no efforts to expand either (Oregon or Washington's) law beyond their strict guidelines," here comes House Bill 3337, which would stretch the...