The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization has released its updated position statement on assisted suicide, which reaffirms its opposition to assisted suicide. It is welcomed news that the NHPCO has not retreated behind a position of “studied neutrality;” but rather, the NHPCO has taken a stand, clearly stating that assisted suicide is not a palliative …
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Belgium’s leading advocate for euthanasia liberalisation is campaigning vigorously for euthanasia for people with dementia. According to the current euthanasia law, patients are only eligible if they are fully aware and competent. This can lead to distressing situations and must change, says Professor Wim Distelmans. Distelmans is chairman of Belgium’s chairman of the Federal Euthanasia Commission, …
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Legislators are thinking of expanding the way people can take their lives under Oregon’s Death With Dignity law: They want patients to be able to use an automatic syringe. Currently, the law allows only medications that dying patients can take orally. That means a patient has to pick up the prescription themselves and be able to swallow …
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As Diane Coleman sees it, the proposed bill has a number of faults. She is the president and CEO of Not Dead Yet. “Assisted suicide is not only something that impacts that person but it affects the health care system itself – which [is] already pushing people out of the way,” she said. She’s …
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With a New Jersey law set to take effect in August allowing terminally ill residents to end their lives with medical help, doctors belonging to the state’s largest medical organization voted not to end the group’s formal opposition to assisted suicide. But delegates at the Medical Society of New Jersey’s annual conference did adopt a …
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In an exclusive interview with Dr. Morela Scull, Horacio Esparza, who is blind and a member of the Board of Directors of Not Dead Yet, noted that “legislating for a law that kills is not dying with dignity.” According to Esparza, many people diagnosed with terminal illness often find themselves depressed and do not …
“Experience overseas shows us that what were initially restrictive criteria always expand. The ‘safeguards’ fall away. Coercion does occur. That there have been abuses. And, what starts out for a ‘right to die’ for a few very quickly becomes a ‘duty to die’ for many.” -Richard McLeod (Human Rights, Immigration & Refugee Lawyer)
Opponents of assisted suicide have been warning all along that assisted suicide laws lead to euthanasia, and House Bill 2217 confirms their suspicion. HB2217 was introduced for patients who could not ingest medication on their own to be able to take lethal drugs by some other means such as an IV or inhalation …
Oregon’s Proposed Bill HB2217: Assisted suicide or euthanasia? Read More »
1 — Jones DA, Paton D. How does legalization of physician assisted suicide affect rates of suicide? South Med J 2015;108:599Y604. 2 — Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Suicide Among Adults Aged 35-64 Years — United States, 1999-2010. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6217a1.htm?s_cid=mm6217a1_w. Reported May 3, 2018 / 62(17);321-325 3 — VA …
20 Years of Assisted Suicide: The Tragic Reality of Veteran Suicides in Oregon Read More »