…motion included several affidavits submitted with the motion to intervene. Today and tomorrow, I’ll share the affidavits of James D. McGaughey, Executive Director of the Connecticut OPA and Nancy B. Alisberg, the Managing Attorney of the Connecticut OPA. I’ll lead off today with the affidavit submitted by James D. McGaughey. The text below is a retyped copy of the affidavit, but you can access a scanned pdf copy of the affidavit here. Text of affi…
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…c is tragically urgent, something has to be addressed and discussed in the worldwide Deafblind community. Two twins, both Deaf men, from Putte, Belgium (30 miles from Brussels) won the legal right to be euthanized (put to death legally by Belgian doctors) after citing their unbearable burden of going blind. The Bangkok Post reported this and it became widespread, and then a French Belgian newspaper L’Avenir.net made their rounds about this story….
…d that Yagi was trying to end his wife’s suffering: “When I saw it (on the news), I knew exactly what I was hearing,” he said. “We hear it all the time all over the world, rich people, poor people, people in pain, people suffering.” There is no indication that Yagi’s wife wanted to be killed. Or does Mr. Foster believe there should be some sort of law allowing caregivers to order the euthanasia of their spouse or child? In fact, Foster is just doi…
