…of consent or self-administration at the time of ingestion of the lethal drugs. If the drugs were, in some cases, administered by others without consent, no one would know. The request form constitutes a virtual blanket of legal immunity covering all participants in the process based on a mere claim of “good faith”. Essentially, proponents of legalizing assisted suicide have taken what is fundamentally a third party legal immunity statute and mar…
…nal Council on Disability contracted with her to do research for its groundbreaking report on The Danger of Assisted Suicide Laws which is distributed to policy makers as the definitive exposition on this subject. We shared many commonalities in our approach to work, felt so much in synch on that level, that I find it hard to separate the personal and professional. I’ve been hearing today about quite a few non-work things Marilyn and I had in comm…
News of the Portuguese parliament’s passage of a euthanasia bill was included in the November 6th Medical Futility Blog, mentioning that new language was deemed more precise than a previous version that had failed constitutional standards. Interestingly, the blog did not reveal the actual content of the new bill and linked only to a non-English article about it. Fortunately, a quick Google search led to an article quoting the details left out. It…
…to request lethal drugs, Sign the forms as a witness, Pick up the lethal drugs, and even Administer the drug (with or without consent) because no independent witness is required at the death, so who would know? Example of Thomas Middleton, who moved into crooked real estate broker’s house, died by PAS, broker sold his house and put some of the proceeds in her own account. Oregon didn’t notice. Feds did. 21 Non-terminal people get lethal prescript…
…y groups opposing bills to legal assisted suicide. Participate in public forums. Write articles and blogs on NDY topics. Provide testimony to legislative and government bodies. Assist in developing and implementing plans and goals. Work with the CEO to coordinate and supervise daily operations. Ensure compliance with regulations and internal policies. Monitor attainment of objectives. Undertake staffing responsibilities (hiring, training, evaluati…
