Today, the Montana House of Representatives voted to pass HB 477, which clarifies that "physician-assisted suicide" is prohibited and against public policy in Montana.
To view HB 477, please click here.
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Thursday, March 12, 2015
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Washington State: SB 5919 passes Senate!
SB 5919, clarifying that patients who request assisted suicide have the right to be told about options for cure or to extend life, has PASSED the Senate! The vote was a bipartisan, 34-14, with one member excused. To see the vote breakdown, click here .
Sunday, March 1, 2015
Utah: Problems with H.B. 391
By Margaret Dore, Esq., MBA
H.B. 391 seeks to legalize physician-assisted suicide in Utah. I am a lawyer in Washington State where we have a similar law. Our law is based on a law in Oregon.
Problems include:
1. HB 391, if enacted, will encourage people with years to live to throw away their lives.
HB 391 seeks to legalize assisted suicide for persons with a "terminal disease," which is defined as having less than six months to live. In Oregon's law, which uses the same definition, young adults with chronic conditions, such as diabetes, are "eligible" for assisted suicide. Such persons can have years, even decades, to live. See https://choiceisanillusion.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/a-2270-3r-memo-12-02-14.pdf "Eligible" patients can also have years to live because doctors can be wrong. See https://choiceisanillusion.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/terminal-uncertainty.pdf and https://choiceisanillusion.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/signed-john-norton-affidavit_001.pdf
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Massachusetts: High School Student Charged with Manslaughter for Encouraging Suicide
BY
JIM HAND SUN CHRONICLE STAFF | Posted: Friday, February 27, 2015 1:00
am
PLAINVILLE A King Philip Regional High School senior has been indicted for involuntary
manslaughter, allegedly for urging a friend to commit suicide. She then raised
money for mental illness in the name of her friend.
Michelle
Carter, 18, of Plainville was indicted as a “youthful offender” by a Bristol
County grand jury, and was arraigned in New Bedford Juvenile Court.
She
is accused of urging Conrad Roy III, 18, of Fairhaven and Mattapoisett to kill
himself, which he did while idling a truck last July in the parking lot of a
Fairhaven Kmart. Authorities said he died of carbon monoxide
poisoning.
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Washington State: SB 5919 on the move!
Last night, SB 5919, which clarifies that a person considering assisted suicide has the right to be told of options for cure or to extend life, has passed out of the Law & Justice Committee.
The vote was bipartisan. The seven member committee voted as follows: 6 "do pass" and 1 "without recommendation." See here
The vote was bipartisan. The seven member committee voted as follows: 6 "do pass" and 1 "without recommendation." See here
Marlene Deakins, RN, Supporting SB 5919
"I
hope that with the proposed bill, doctors will get the message that
they need to back off , to make sure that patients are freely choosing
what’s best for them, as chosen by them."
* * *
Dear Senator Padden, Members of the Law and Justice Committee and Senator Angel:
I am a Registered Nurse. I am writing this letter in support of SB 5919, which would make it clear that persons asking about assisted suicide remain eligible to be told about options for cure or to extend life. I hope that this law will provide protection for people like my brother, Wes Olfert, who died a few years ago (2011) in Washington State.
When he was first admitted to the hospital, he made the mistake of asking about assisted suicide. I say a mistake, because this set off a chain of events that interfered with his care and caused him unnecessary stress in what turned out to be the last months of his life.
By asking the question, he was given a "palliative care" consult by a doctor who heavily and continually pressured him to give up on treatment before he was ready to do so. It got so bad that Wes became fearful of this doctor and asked me and a friend to not leave him alone with her.
I hope that with the proposed bill, doctors will get the message that they need to back off, to make sure that patients are freely choosing what’s best for them, as chosen by them.
Please vote “yes” on SB 5919
Marlene Deakins, RN
Tuscon Arizona
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Dear Senator Padden, Members of the Law and Justice Committee and Senator Angel:
I am a Registered Nurse. I am writing this letter in support of SB 5919, which would make it clear that persons asking about assisted suicide remain eligible to be told about options for cure or to extend life. I hope that this law will provide protection for people like my brother, Wes Olfert, who died a few years ago (2011) in Washington State.
When he was first admitted to the hospital, he made the mistake of asking about assisted suicide. I say a mistake, because this set off a chain of events that interfered with his care and caused him unnecessary stress in what turned out to be the last months of his life.
By asking the question, he was given a "palliative care" consult by a doctor who heavily and continually pressured him to give up on treatment before he was ready to do so. It got so bad that Wes became fearful of this doctor and asked me and a friend to not leave him alone with her.
I hope that with the proposed bill, doctors will get the message that they need to back off, to make sure that patients are freely choosing what’s best for them, as chosen by them.
Please vote “yes” on SB 5919
Marlene Deakins, RN
Tuscon Arizona
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