Sorry to all for the short notice, but no sooner is a skirmish in the Hawaii battle won (as distinguished from the battle or the war, so we can’t get complacent0, but the Montana Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing tomorrow (February 9) on two bills related to assisted suicide.
Here’s a short summary on the bills and the hearing:
On Wednesday, Feb. 9, at 8am (Mountain Time), the Montana State Senate Judiciary Committee will hear the bill to implement the Baxter decision (SB 167 – Blewett) and the bill to overturn it (SB 116 – Hinkle). We support the Hinkle Bill.
The hearing will take place at 8am on Wednesday, Feb. 9th in Room 303 (Old Supreme Court Chambers) at the State Capitol. (For any Montana readers who might be able to make it on short notice)
If you’re like me and can’t be there, you can view the hearing online at:
http://leg.mt.gov/css/audio/audio_broadcast.asp.
For Montanans Only:
Call the legislative hotline at (406) 444-4800 to leave one message for all Senate Judiciary Committee members and ask them for a “YES” vote on SB 116 and a “NO” vote on SB 167.
More news as it comes in. –Stephen Drake
Sometimes it feels like this fight never ends…
Stephen, I thought you might know someone that (unlike me) has the emotional & physical energy to handle something pretty disturbing on Wikipedia. The article on Kevorkian has been re-engineered to make him sound like an innocent hero that everyone supports — none of the information about his real intent, the state of his victims, etc. remains. The other articles on euthanasia itself aren’t much better…makes me feel sick!
Over the next year, we’re going to put some energy into enlisting some volunteers to do some Wikipedia clean-up.