…gion will be speaking Tuesday before the Massachusetts legislature’s Joint Committee on Public Health in opposition to H 1998, which would legalize assisted suicide in the state. The group called Second Thoughts was instrumental last year in the defeat of the assisted suicide referendum, Question 2. The hearing begins at 10:00 AM in Room A-1 at the State House. Second Thoughts director John Kelly said, “This dangerous bill enables a doctor to misd…
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…at FRC is talking about the deficit and its impact on future generations, but I don’t remember similar complaints during the previous administration. That’s when the President and Congress were keeping the huge costs of the Iraq war off the books, accompanied by tax cuts for the wealthiest, resulting in a huge deficit. Apparently, they liked the war, but don’t like the idea of funding health care. And that makes it OK to go after Grandpa. Check th…
…a Law Reforms Commission are tired of that kind of embarrassment. If the recommendations of the commission are followed, families in dire straits won’t have to file suit. There will be no public clamor or attention called to how little support there is for families with ill or disabled family members. No demand on the government to do more for these families. Instead, they just get to die quietly. And the government can call it “compassion.” –Step…
…l community, disability rights advocates and ethicists who have noted many examples of unreported problems and complications with the law, generally only brought to light through investigative reporting or personal testimonies. On the subject of the so-called “choice” of assisted suicide, Golden described the infamous case of Barbara Wagner in Oregon. Wagner was an Oregon retiree diagnosed with lung cancer. During the course of her treatment, her…
