In response to Rep. Mike Freiberg’s editorial regarding his assisted suicide legislation. Freiberg mentions medication for a peaceful death. Peaceful or not, it is causing premature death by suicide. He mentions polls suggesting the majority of Minnesotans support “medical aid in dying for the terminally ill.” According to Gallup, the percentage of people supporting …
VA document: • 2016 Oregon Veteran Suicide Data Sheet and contents courtesy U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | www.mentalhealth. va.gov/suicide-prevention-data.asp
Jones DA, Paton D. How does legalization of physician assisted suicide affect rates of suicide? South Med J 2015;108:599Y604
A bill legalizing physician-assisted suicide (PAS) was introduced in the 2019 Nevada Legislature. As an internal medicine physician in Nevada, I see many problems with this law and urge lawmakers to reject it. This bill would make patients eligible for PAS if they have been diagnosed with a terminal condition and are likely to …
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We need only look back to the 2016 election to remember that polling can often be misrepresented and requires careful scrutiny. Even when interested parties refer to their own polling as “truth,” (“5 truths about New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act,” March 27, 2019) always remember: A poll is simply a reflection of the …
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2 — Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Suicide Among Adults Aged 35-64 Years — United States, 1999-2010.
Assemblyman Kevin Cahill did well when he voted against previous bills to legalize assisted suicide in New York. Assisted suicide bills are inherently discriminatory and they make for dangerous public policy that puts a great number of vulnerable people at risk of deadly harm through mistakes, abuse and coercion. On Dec. 30, 2017, my …
“The purpose of the criminal law isn’t to give options and choices to some; it’s to give protection to all of us and, particularly, the most vulnerable among us.” -Robert Preston A deadly double standard features the story of Claire Freeman, who has been a tetraplegic since her neck was broken in a car …
At the state capital the debate over aid-in-dying takes center stage. Governor Andrew Cuomo is backing legislation that would allow the terminally ill to end their own lives — setting up a potentially controversial close to the legislative session… …opponents, including disability rights’ groups, are skeptical. Alex Thompson the Resource Center for Accessible Living …
The World Medical Association should uphold its ethics code and not succumb to politics Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia (PAS-E) has been a source of discussion for millennia, as evidenced by its explicit mention in the Hippocratic Oath from the fifth to third century B.C., where Hippocrates includes it among the list of things physicians …
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