Assisted Suicide

When an ill or elderly person enters hospice, most people take it to mean that the end is imminent.  They aren’t expecting that person to walk out a month later.

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A public hearing will be held on March 18th regarding HB7015 – with the Orwellian title . . . “An Act Concerning Aid in Dying for Terminally Ill Patients.”  (Note, the bill number …
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The nation’s first hospice has released a short video clip asserting its strong opposition to assisted suicide.

Dr. Joseph Andrews, whom some readers may remember from last year’s assisted …
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Now is the time to let the members of the Judiciary Committee know our concerns about assisted suicide.

We have an active campaign with links to send each legislator a …
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In a March 3, 2015 letter to the editor, Connecticut retired insurance executive and yoga instructor, Linda Alexander, M.D., advocates providing “any treatment” to “all who request it”; this clearly includes euthanasia …
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My response to this piece is in the New Haven Register. This is the crux of it:

“An Oregon-style law would create “death row” for sick people — with far less rigor or transparency.” …
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Our friends at St. Ann Church in Avon will be holding a panel on assisted suicide on February 22. See their flyer below and please consider attending.

CT Mirror has a piece today about Sen. Blumenthal’s leadership role on the Clay Hunt veteran suicide prevention bill; the U.S. Senate is expected to vote on this legislation today.

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Maggie Karner addresses the East Coast Conference Against Assisted Suicide (photo by Ellen Kolb).  

I suppose you could say that Brittany Maynard and I became the overnight internet brain cancer poster …
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