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CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA, February 12, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Attorney Margaret Dore, president of Choice is an Illusion, which has fought against assisted suicide and euthanasia legalization efforts in many states, made the following statement in connection with a bill seeking to legalize these practices in New Hampshire. (HB 1659). HEARING TODAY Wednesday, 02/12/20, 1:00 P.M., SH Rm Reps Hall, House Judiciary.
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Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
New York Press Release: Don't Make Yourself a Sitting Duck to Your Heirs and Other Predators
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“The Medical Aid in Dying Act is a recipe for elder abuse, financial exploitation and legal murder," said Dore. "Older people with money, meaning the middle class and above, will be especially at risk to their heirs and other financial predators." Dore added, "The poor will also be at risk, but for a different reason.”
“’Aid in dying’ is a euphemism for euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide and assisted suicide,” said Dore.
Saturday, February 8, 2020
New Hampshire: Don't Be Sitting Ducks to Non-Voluntary Euthanasia
By Margaret Dore, Esq.
This is a short summary version of problems with New Hampshire's pending euthanasia act. For more a more in depth presentation, click here.
Both Acts apply to people predicted to have less than six months to live. In real life, such predictions are often wrong due to mistake and because predicting how long a person will live is an inexact science; sometimes a disease process will stop on its own.
If passed into law, the Act will apply to people with years or decades to live. This will be especially true if New Hampshire follows Oregon practice to determine life expectancies without treatment. Young adults with chronic conditions, such as insulin dependent diabetes, will be considered terminal and therefore subject to the Act.
Assisting persons, such as family members, can have an agenda, with the more obvious reasons being inheritance and life insurance.
New Hampshire: Dore Memo Opposing Non-Voluntary Euthanasia
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Click here to view a pdf version of this document, consisting of an index, a short memo and an appendix.
I. INTRODUCTION
I am a licensed attorney in Washington State where “death with dignity” (assisted suicide and euthanasia) is legal. Washington’s law is based on a similar law in Oregon. Both laws are similar to the proposed Act set forth in HB 1659-FN.[1]
I am also a former Law Clerk to the Washington State Supreme Court and the Washington State Court of Appeals. I worked for a year with the United States Department of Justice and have been in private practice since 1990. I am also president of Choice is an Illusion, a nonprofit corporation opposed to assisted suicide and euthanasia.
I have personally appeared and testified against assisted suicide and/or euthanasia in at least 20 US legislatures, including New Hampshire, and also internationally. For more information see www.margaretdore.org and www.choiceillusion.org.
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Disability group welcomes ruling against right to assisted suicide in Mass.
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John Kelly, Second Thoughts |
Boston, Mass., Jan 14, 2020 / 05:01 pm (CNA).- Second Thoughts Massachusetts, a disability rights group, has praised a recent ruling that there is not a right to assisted suicide in the state's law or its constitution.
In a decision dated Dec. 31, 2019, Justice Mary Ames of the Suffolk Superior Court ruled that physicians who prescribe lethal medication for assisted suicide in Massachusetts can be prosecuted for involuntary manslaughter, but that physicians may provide information and advice on assisted suicide to terminally ill, competent adults.
“We are gratified that the court reaffirmed the law against assisted suicide, and referred the matter to the legislature where lawmaking belongs. Disability rights advocates will continue to press the legislature that assisted suicide is just too dangerous,” John Kelly, director of Second Thoughts, commented Jan. 13.
Friday, January 10, 2020
Reject New York Medical Aid in Dying Act (Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia)
By Margaret Dore, Esq., MBA
Click the links to view a pdf version of this document, consisting of a memorandum and appendix.
I. INTRODUCTION
The proposed bills amend New York’s public health law by adding a new article (28F), the Medical Aid in Dying Act.[1] The Act is based on similar laws in Oregon and Washington State.[2]
“Aid in Dying” is a euphemism for euthanasia.[3] The Act, however, purports to prohibit euthanasia. On close examination, this prohibition will be unenforceable.
If enacted, the Act will apply to people with years or decades to live. It will also facilitate financial exploitation, especially in the inheritance context. Don’t render yourself or someone you care about a sitting duck to heirs and other predators. I urge you to reject the proposed Act.
Click the links to view a pdf version of this document, consisting of a memorandum and appendix.
I. INTRODUCTION
The proposed bills amend New York’s public health law by adding a new article (28F), the Medical Aid in Dying Act.[1] The Act is based on similar laws in Oregon and Washington State.[2]
“Aid in Dying” is a euphemism for euthanasia.[3] The Act, however, purports to prohibit euthanasia. On close examination, this prohibition will be unenforceable.
If enacted, the Act will apply to people with years or decades to live. It will also facilitate financial exploitation, especially in the inheritance context. Don’t render yourself or someone you care about a sitting duck to heirs and other predators. I urge you to reject the proposed Act.
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Press Release: New Jersey Aid in Dying Act Unconstitutional
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Margaret Dore, Esq. |
TRENTON, NJ, UNITED STATES -- Attorney Margaret Dore, president of Choice is an Illusion, a non-profit corporation opposed to assisted suicide and euthanasia, has filed a friend of the court brief in Glassman v. Grewal, which seeks to overturn New Jersey's Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act.
"Aid in Dying" is a euphemism for euthanasia. Dore's brief argues that the Act is stacked against the individual, not limited to people near death and unconstitutional due to the way it was enacted.
Thursday, January 2, 2020
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Purported Suicide Statistics Released in Vermont
By Margaret Dore, Esq., MBA
According to an article in Monday's Vermont Digger:
A few years ago, I investigated a death under Oregon's similar law in conjunction with attorney Isaac Jackson. There was a near complete lack of transparency in which even the police were unable to obtain verifying information regarding deaths under the law. To learn more, click here.The report released this week — which covered the two years between July 1, 2017, June 30, 2019 — said that 34 patients qualified for the terminal prescriptions under Vermont’s law. Of those, 24 had cancer, four had ALS, three had neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Huntington’s, and three others had unspecified conditions.
Thursday, December 26, 2019
New Jersey "Aid in Dying Act" Is Unconstitutional
I. IDENTITY OF AMICUS
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Dore is a former Law Clerk to the Washington State Supreme Court and the Washington State Court of Appeals. She worked for a year with the United States Department of Justice and has been in private practice since 1990. She is also president of two nonprofit corporations opposed to assisted suicide and euthanasia: Choice is an Illusion, a 501(c)4 nonprofit corporation; and the Foundation for Choice is an Illusion, a 501(c)3 public charity.
Dore has personally appeared and testified against assisted suicide and/or euthanasia in at least 20 US legislatures, and also internationally. Her CV is attached in the appendix, at pages A-1 through A-4. For more information see www.margaretdore.org and www.choiceillusion.org.
II. STATEMENT OF RELIEF SOUGHT
Invalidation of the Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act (“the Act”).[1]
Saturday, November 23, 2019
Help Us Help You
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Margaret Dore and Elaine Kolb, after testifying in Connecticut |
Dore is a fourth generation lawyer in Washington State USA, where her work has included guardianship and family law. She has seen the terrible things that people do to each other for money. This includes court-appointed guardians who steal from the very people they are charged to protect.
Monday, November 18, 2019
Delaware: Seemingly Dead Euthanasia Bill Could Start Moving
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Per Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, the seemingly dead bill could start moving in the 2020 session. He's right. We must be prepared.
Friday, November 8, 2019
A Short History of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in Montana
By Margaret Dore, Esq., MBA
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A. Assisted Suicide
In 1895, the Montana Legislature enacted a criminal statute prohibiting assisted suicide as a "crime against the public safety."[1] In 1907, 1921 and 1947, this statute was re-codified, but its text remained unchanged.[2] The statute stated: "Every person who deliberately aids, or advises or encourages another to commit suicide is guilty of a felony."[3]
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
ADA Will Trump Euthanasia Prohibition
Bills in New York State seek to pass a medical aid in dying act.[1] "Aid in dying" is a euphemism for active euthanasia, meaning the administration of a lethal agent to another person.[2][3]
The act also prohibits euthanasia, stating:
A health care professional or other person shall not administer the medication [lethal dose] to the patient. (Emphasis added).[4]
This prohibition is, however, unenforceable. This is due to the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”).
That’s Not Assisted Suicide, That’s Murder
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A Montreal couple is calling for disciplinary measures against a psychologist they say counselled one of them to kill the terminally ill other.
When Miranda Edwards was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer she said she was determined to fight it.
“I want to live, I want every medical intervention possible,” she said. “I will fight to the end. I will do every treatment, everything possible to stay alive.”
Saturday, November 2, 2019
Speaking in Washington State USA
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Margaret Dore |
Her main topics included problems with assisted suicide in Washington and how to win in the future against legalization. She also discussed suicide contagion in Oregon.
To learn more about assisted suicide in Washington State, click here, here and here.
Special thanks to Debby Ummel who organized the event.
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Washington State Act Must Be Overturned
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Washington State’s Death with Dignity Act was passed by the voters as Initiative1000. During the election, backers touted it as providing "choice" for individuals. A glossy brochure declared, "Only the patient — and no one else — may administer the [lethal dose]." The Act does not say this anywhere.[1]
• The Act legalized assisted suicide as that term is traditionally defined. In the fine print, the Act allows euthanasia.
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• The Act legalized assisted suicide as that term is traditionally defined. In the fine print, the Act allows euthanasia.
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