…ing this film project.] By Joan Cavanagh, Member, Progressives Against Medical Assisted Suicide Public discussion about the realities of Medical Assisted Suicide (MAS) is critical. The practice is increasingly becoming normalized as a “health care” option and already inadequate safeguards and restrictions in existing laws are being eroded, so much so that even those who have previously advocated for it are having second thoughts. At this important…
…s that it shifts manual assistance in eating and drinking as a form of medical assistance – a radical difference in framing something that has historically viewed as basic care. It’s vitally important that anyone who needs assistance to eat, who supports someone with those needs, or loves someone with those needs to keep this issue on your radar. It’s headed your way, sooner or later. Please go and read the whole article in Today’s Geriatric Medic…
…danger People With Disabilities and Chronic Conditions A disabled or chronically ill person who depends on life-sustaining treatment, even basic medications, would be able to qualify for assisted suicide if they lived where assisted suicide is legal. Oregon’s “Death With Dignity” law is the model for all U.S. states. As an Oregon official has clarified in writing, any person who becomes terminal because they do not receive treatment, for any reaso…
…suicide. Ensure that the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining medical treatment is truly voluntary, based on: Informed consent with meaningful alternatives, including long term services and supports to live in the community; and Surrogate decisions only when necessary, with clear and convincing evidence of the person’s wishes. Oppose futility policies involving unilateral health care provider decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustain…
…Thoughts Massachusetts, at his Fenway apartment. The group opposes what it calls “assisted suicide.” Barry Chin/Globe Staff Voices from the ‘right to die’ debate By Robert Weisman Globe Staff,Updated December 11, 2022, 5:20 p.m. In anticipation of the upcoming reintroduction of an assisted suicide bill in Massachusetts, Boston Globe reporter Robert Weissman had a pro assisted suicide [“medical aid in dying”] article and sidebar appearing on page 1…
