Assisted Suicide

Despite celebrity endorsements, fancy lobbyists, multi-colored lapel stickers, printed t-shirts, and the close to half million dollars, even more, that has been spent by a well-heeled national group in Connecticut …
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Here is the latest E-Blast from our Executive Director, Peter Wolfgang: 

H.B. 5898, the ACT CONCERNING AID IN DYING FOR TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS is getting another public hearing this Monday, March 18th!

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“No one knows that day or hour,”* not even physicians, as confirmed by a new study highlighted by the New York Times in their 2018 Christmas Eve article entitled Misconceptions About …
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Today, Family Institute of Connecticut Action Committee (FIC PAC) is pleased to announce that it has endorsed former Trumbull First Selectman Tim Herbst for Governor.

Herbst will do more to …
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Minutes ago the Public Health Committee adjourned a meeting that both chairmen publicly declared to be the Committee’s last meeting for this legislative session.

This means that both the assisted …
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It is a shocking lack of respect for Connecticut’s disabled community. Don’t take our word for it. They say so themselves.

Here in full is an email the leaders of …
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Pastor Nancy Butler died shortly after she decided to stop using her feeding tube and ventilator. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) had changed her life dramatically over the last several years.

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It’s a deep topic. But with one lobbying firm already saying they expect another fight over assisted suicide at the Connecticut General Assembly in 2017, it’s important to be up …
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[The following was originally an e-blast to FIC members, sent about 11:30 am on Tuesday, June 14th. ~ PW]

Family Institute of Connecticut offers our prayers and condolences to …
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Just over two weeks ago, Rhode Island held a hearing on an assisted suicide bill. The status of the bill now reads, “Committee recommended measure be held for further study.” …
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