…assisted suicide opponents as conservative, Kelly simultaneously supported Question 3 to legalize medical marijuana while opposing Question 2. The Second Thoughts home page even featured a bumper sticker with the “No on 2/Yes on 3” message and related graphics. Kelly appeared in several debates against Dr. Marcia Angell, a leading advocate for assisted suicide, including a broadcast interview of the two of them on National Public Radio’s “All Thin…
…e wouldn’t be allowed. They weren’t present for the killing and could only testify about “state of mind” – irrelevant when it comes to a murder charge. And as to Kevorkian’s release – it was allegedly for health reasons, after Kevorkian’s attorney filed his fourth yearly brief claiming Kevorkian had less than a year to live. To be fair, I’ll give Ebert credit for checking Wikipedia for info on Kevorkian and accurately relaying the findings of the…
…done with his interrogation. “The point I wanted to make with some of the questions I asked of the senator is merely that there was no testimony,” he said. One by one, senators took the floor to make their case either for or against the amendment. As noted at the top, after all arguments were made, the move to allow the amendment/rider stand failed. One of the most heartening things to read was the editorial in the same edition of the Burlington…
…ty where one in ten elders are abused according to federal figures [http://www.healthline.com/health-news/senior-elder-abuse-more-common-than-you-think-012714]. The abusers are usually family members. About half the people reported to use assisted suicide in Oregon did not have a health provider present at the time of death. With no independent witness required, there is no evidence that they self-administered the lethal drugs, or even that they c…
…s being distributed through PRWeb in pdf format and is available at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/06/prweb11917687.htm. The PRWeb version also includes the actual testimonies as Word attachments.] Last Friday was the first that disability advocates learned that a New Jersey assisted suicide bill that they oppose would be heard by the Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee on Thursday, June 5 at 10:00 a.m. “We just learned of the hearin…
