Cathy Ludlum PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE Testimony Opposing SB 88 An Act Concerning Aid in Dying for Terminally Ill Patients February 23, 2022 Co-chairs and members of the Public Health Committee: My name is Cathy Ludlum, and I am one of the leaders of Second Thoughts Connecticut, a group of disabled people and allies who are working to prevent the legalization of medical assisted suicide. I am opposed to SB 88. The question at hand is not whether pe…
…[Press Release from the law firm involved:] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 16, 2021 Chicago, Illinois ROBBINS, SALOMON & PATT, LTD. SEEKS JUSTICE FOR MICHAEL HICKSON, FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST GUARDIANSHIP PROGRAM Robbins, Salomon & Patt, Ltd. (RSP) on March 10, 2021, filed a lawsuit against Family Eldercare, Inc., a Texas guardianship program and two of its employees, in the District Court of Travis County, 126th Judicial District in Texas. The employee…
…Cathy Ludlum on “For the People,” posted on WPLR by John Voket January 14, 2021 Host John Voket: Well, we’re closing today with an important subject, a component to an issue that we discussed a couple of weeks ago on the program when we hosted a guest talking about Senator Richard Blumenthal’s introduction of new end-of-life legislation at the federal level, and during that program we also learned that there was also some end-of-life legislation…
…Protest to Rally Sponsored by the Connecticut Catholic Conference April 6, 2021 (Manchester, CT) – On Wednesday, April 7, 2021, Second Thoughts Connecticut will hold a counter protest against the Freedom to Live Rally organized by the Connecticut Catholic Public Affairs Conference. Starting at 6:30 PM, the counter protest will take place in Minuteman Park, 300 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT, in front of The Armory and across the street from the Leg…
Evidence of a Slippery Slope? By Not Dead Yet UK June 14, 2021 Supporters of our campaign to resist a law change on assisted suicide have continually expressed real concerns about the concept of “a slippery slope”. The idea that once assisted suicide is permitted for one group it isn’t long before it’s extended to include other groups and that this is a bad thing. Our opponents have argued that this is simply not true, that a slippery slope does…
