…and Welsh residents, elders and disabled people who may be vulnerable and without the sort of support and control assisted suicide proponents take for granted, innocent people who will be impacted by this piece of bad social policy. Invidious quality-of-life judgments have no place in social policy. Please oppose Lord Falconer’s bill, don’t make Oregon’s mistake. Sincerely, John B. Kelly Director Second Thoughts Massachusetts: People with Disabil…

…e patient’s heir. This does not promote patient choice; it invites coercion. . . . Once the lethal dose is issued by the pharmacy, there is no oversight. The death is not required to be witnessed by disinterested persons. . . . With no witnesses present, someone else can administer the lethal dose without the patient’s consent. Indeed, someone could use an alternate method, such as suffocation. Even if the patient struggled, who would know? The le…

…ead Yet is a national, grassroots disability group with activists in most U.S. states who oppose legalization of assisted suicide. Not Dead Yet’s opponents have long told the media that we should be dismissed as having unreasonable fears. But the reality is that we live on the front lines of the health care system, with long term health issues that give us a better informed perspective on the weaknesses of that system and the ways that it too ofte…