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| Margaret Dore & Dawn Eskew |
The Act was viewed as noncontroversial. Indeed, H.R. 1676 passed the House on a voice vote without opposition.
There is, however, a catch.
This is because US euthanasia advocates are currently promoting "medical aid in dying" (euthanasia) as "palliative care."[1] There is a similar situation in Canada, where "lobbies are trying to influence the government to include so-called Medical Aid in Dying ... in palliative care."[2]
The significance is this: If the Act is passed into law and the above advocacy efforts are successful, medical aid in dying (euthanasia) will become part of palliative care and therefore part of the Act. More to the point, the Act will legalize and also finance euthanasia in government funded centers throughout the US. The Act is a closet or "springing" euthanasia bill.
With the new Congress scheduled to convene on January 3, 2019, the Act is all but dead for the current session. Choice is an Illusion and its president, Margaret Dore, worked very hard to get this result. Dore, assisted by Dawn Eskew, provided a detailed legal and factual analysis of the proposed Act and in person lobbying on site in the US Senate and the US House of Representatives.
The Act, however, will likely return. With your generous donation, we will once again be able to fight back.
Footnotes:
[1] "Aid in Dying" is a traditional euphemism for euthanasia. See https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/738671 In the US, Compassion & Choices (the former Hemlock Society) is running articles and providing other material describing "aid in dying" (euthanasia") as palliative care. For examples, click this link: https://choiceisanillusion.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/aid-palliative.pdf
[2] See "Euthanasia, assisted suicide aren't palliative care," at https://choiceisanillusion.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/ca-aid-palliative.pdf