The Illinois General Assembly is considering a bill that will legalize physician-assisted suicide. I am a 68-year-old Disabled woman and proud member of “Stop Assisted Suicide Illinois Coalition”, which vehemently opposes this bill. This organization includes representatives from diverse communities including disability rights, patients’ rights, health care, hospice care, human rights, senior rights, veterans, and various faith- based advocacy organizations. All parties are committed to keeping Illinois a physician-assisted suicide free state.
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Sunday, October 27, 2024
Illinois: Don't Support Assisted Suicide
The Illinois General Assembly is considering a bill that will legalize physician-assisted suicide. I am a 68-year-old Disabled woman and proud member of “Stop Assisted Suicide Illinois Coalition”, which vehemently opposes this bill. This organization includes representatives from diverse communities including disability rights, patients’ rights, health care, hospice care, human rights, senior rights, veterans, and various faith- based advocacy organizations. All parties are committed to keeping Illinois a physician-assisted suicide free state.
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Ontario's Euthanasia Report: The Poor and Those Who Lack Housing Are Most at Risk
Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
The Ontario MAiD Death Review report has three parts (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3).
Janet Eastman has written an excellent commentary on the report of the Ontario Chief Coroner concerning the experience with euthanasia in Ontario, Canada's largest province. Eastman's article was published in The Telegraph on October 17, 2024.
Eastman focuses on the Coroner's report in relation to the upcoming assisted dying debate in the UK. Eastman writes:
Assisted dying is used by patients in Canada because they are poor and lack housing, a major report has found.
The first official report into assisted dying deaths in Ontario, which has been obtained by the Telegraph, found vulnerable people face “potential coercion” or “undue influence” to seek out the practice.
Sixteen experts across medicine, nursing and law identified people whose lives may have been wrongly terminated at the hands of the state, where the action is called Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD).
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Insight into the Cautionary Tale of Canada's Euthanasia Regime
On October 9, 2024, The European Conservative published an interview by Jonathon Van Maren with Alexander Raikin [pictured right]. Raikin has recently published a research article titled: "The Rise of Euthanasia in Canada: From Exceptional to Routine."
First question: In your view, why did Canada’s euthanasia regime go off the rails much sooner than other jurisdictions that have legalized euthanasia/assisted suicide?
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Vote YES on West Virginia Amendment 1 for Protection From Assisted Suicide.
A "yes" vote supports amending the West Virginia Constitution to prohibit people from participating in "the practice of medically assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing of a person."A "no" vote opposes amending the West Virginia Constitution to prohibit people from participating in "the practice of medically assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing of a person."
Vote YES.
French Bill Debated
From France, a bit out of date, but here it is....
Debate is beginning at the National Assembly on French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposed end-of-life bill. [Macron pictured at right].
[The bill] would create a legal framework for the terminally ill to get help to die; a highly contentious issue.
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/entre-nous/20241008-french-end-of-life-bill-debated-by-mps
Saturday, October 5, 2024
Press Release: Disability Rights Coalition Challenges Discriminatory Sections of Canada’s Assisted Dying Law in Court
Krista Carr pictured left and quoted below.
A coalition of disability rights organizations and two personally affected individuals have filed a Charter challenge with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. They oppose Track 2 of Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) law, which provides assisted suicide to people with a disability who are not dying, or whose death is not “reasonably foreseeable.”
Friday, September 27, 2024
Opinion: Michigan Right-to-Die Legislation Must Consider Concerns of African Americans
Last fall, a group of Democrats introduced the Michigan Death With Dignity Act, which would legalize physician-assisted dying, also known as medical aid in dying [, assisted suicide and euthanasia].
Patients with a terminal condition, expected to die within six months, would be able to request that a participating doctor write them a prescription for drugs that, when self-administered and ingested, would allow the patient to die on the date of their choosing.
Terri Laws [pictured here] is an associate professor of African and African American studies at the University of Michigan-Dearborn:
Many Michiganders will see this legislation as reasonable and compassionate. To others, however, often people of color, this legislation is more complicated.
Some fear doctors and insurance companies may deny them lifesaving treatments and steer them toward assisted suicide instead. Others are concerned that legalization will normalize this type of death as the “correct” way to approach the end of life, when their cultural beliefs and practices tell them otherwise.
Delaware General Assembly Will Not Override Governor's Veto
Amanda Fries, Delaware News Journal
The Delaware General Assembly will not hold a special session to override Gov. John Carney’s recent veto of a bill that would have given terminally ill Delawareans’ end-of-life options. [Carney pictured right]
House Speaker Valerie Longhurst said Friday that she remains supportive of House Bill 140 but decided not to call a special session because neither the Senate nor the House of Representatives have the votes necessary to override the veto.
*Photo by Benjamin Chambers/Delaware News JournalMonday, September 23, 2024
Delaware Lawmaker & Former Insurance Agent Concerned About Adult Children
A different argument was presented by State Rep. Rich Collins [pictured left], who has been a vocal opponent of the bill, citing concerns that it could lead to seniors being coerced into prematurely ending their lives. Collins stated:
"I was an insurance agent for 37 years, and I sold life insurance and investments,” he told his colleagues in the chamber. “I had situations during my career where…the children of an older person made it clear they wanted their parents to go [die] because of the money. I have a lot of concerns about some people’s motives.”
Friday, September 20, 2024
Delaware Governor Vetoes Medical-Aid-in-Dying Legislation; Discussion Begins of Possible Override
Click here to view the entire article as published.
Governor John Carney Friday vetoed legislation that would have allowed people with a terminal illness who are able to make sound decisions for themselves to get access to medication that would end their lives.
House Bill 140 received final legislative approval in the State Senate in late June. However, it underwent several amendments and the issue has been debated for years.
Carney said in his veto message that he recognizes that it is a deeply personal matter, and he appreciates the thoughtful debate. However, he said he is "fundamentally and morally opposed" to the idea of state law enabling someone to take their own life - "even under tragic and painful circumstances."
Carney's action returns the bill to the House of Representatives. His second term as governor ends in January 2025.