SB 128 Defeated!
The bill did not have the votes to go forward in Committee, and is reportedly dead for the year.
Special thanks to Nina Rhea, Mike Hodas and everyone else who went the extra mile to defeat the bill.
THANK YOU!
Margaret Dore
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Saturday, June 27, 2015
Minnesota: Vote "NO" on SF 1880!
Here is a memo with attachments in opposition to SF 1880, which seeks to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia in Minnesota. Major points include:
Margaret Dore, Esq., MBA
Law Offices of Margaret K. Dore, P.S
Choice is an Illusion, a non-profit corporation
www.margaretdore.com
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1001 4th Avenue, Suite 4400
Seattle, WA 98154
206 389 1754
- There is no oversight at the death (even if the patient struggled, who would know?).
- The death certificate will be falsified to reflect a natural death via a terminal disease (reducing transparency, and more importantly, preventing prosecution even in the case of outright murder)
- "Eligible" people may have years, even decades, to live (people are encouraged to throw away their lives)
Margaret Dore, Esq., MBA
Law Offices of Margaret K. Dore, P.S
Choice is an Illusion, a non-profit corporation
www.margaretdore.com
www.choiceillusion.org
1001 4th Avenue, Suite 4400
Seattle, WA 98154
206 389 1754
Thursday, June 11, 2015
Legalize Doc Decides
Belgian GPs 'killing patients who have not asked to die': Report says thousands have been killed despite not asking their doctor
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3120835/Belgian-GPs-killing-patients-not-asked-die-Report-says-thousands-killed-despite-not-asking-doctor.html Steve Doughty, Social Affairs Correspondent for the Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3120835/Belgian-GPs-killing-patients-not-asked-die-Report-says-thousands-killed-despite-not-asking-doctor.html Steve Doughty, Social Affairs Correspondent for the Daily Mail
Published:
18:49 EST, 11 June 2015
|
Updated:
19:00 EST, 11 June 2015
Thousands
of elderly people have been killed by their own GPs without ever asking
to die under Belgium’s euthanasia laws, an academic report said
yesterday.
It said that around one in every 60 deaths of a patient under GP care involves someone who has not requested euthanasia.
Half
of the patients killed without giving their consent were over the age
of 80, the study found, and two thirds of them were in hospital and were
not suffering from a terminal disease such as cancer.
In
about four out of five of the cases, the death was not discussed with
patients subjected to ‘involuntary euthanasia’ because they were either
in a coma, they were diagnosed with dementia, or because doctors decided
it would not be in their best interests to discuss the matter with
them.
Very
often doctors would not inform the families of plans to lethally inject
a relation because they considered it a medical decision to be made by
themselves alone, the report published by the Journal of Medical Ethics
said.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Great News! Delaware Bill Tabled in Committee
Great News!
A Delaware State Representative just wrote me that their assisted suicide proposal, HB 150, was tabled today in Committee. (The bill is stuck in committee).
For more information, please go here: http://legis.delaware.gov/
Margaret Dore
A Delaware State Representative just wrote me that their assisted suicide proposal, HB 150, was tabled today in Committee. (The bill is stuck in committee).
For more information, please go here: http://legis.delaware.gov/
Margaret Dore
Delaware Talking Points
1. HB 150 legalizes assisted suicide for persons with a "terminal disease," which is defined as having less than six months to live. In Oregon, 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. Consider also, Jeanette Hall, who was adamant that she would do assisted suicide, but was convinced to be treated instead. Today, nearly 15 years later, she is "thrilled to be alive." See http://www.montanansagainstassistedsuicide.org/2013/04/if-kress-had-been-my-doctor-in-2000-i_27.html
2. In Oregon, it is well-documented that Medicaid steers people to suicide through coverage incentives. Private insurers have this same ability. For more information, see the affidavit of Kenneth Stevens, MD, at this link: https://maasdocuments.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/dr-stevens-affidavit_001.pdf
3. Legalization of assisted suicide is a recipe for elder abuse. Once the lethal dose is issued by the pharmacy, there is no oversight. Even if the patient struggled, who would know?
4. In Oregon, other (conventional) suicides have increased significantly with the legalization of physician-assisted suicide. In Oregon, conventional suicides are a $41 million problem due to hospitalization costs, etc. See http://www.choiceillusion.org/2014/03/the-high-financial-cost-of-regular.html Legalization, regardless, sends the wrong message to young people that suicide is an acceptable solution to life's problems.
For a short article about Washington's similar law, please go here: https://www.kcba.org/newsevents/barbulletin/BView.aspx?month=05&Year=2009&AID=article5.htm
2. In Oregon, it is well-documented that Medicaid steers people to suicide through coverage incentives. Private insurers have this same ability. For more information, see the affidavit of Kenneth Stevens, MD, at this link: https://maasdocuments.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/dr-stevens-affidavit_001.pdf
3. Legalization of assisted suicide is a recipe for elder abuse. Once the lethal dose is issued by the pharmacy, there is no oversight. Even if the patient struggled, who would know?
4. In Oregon, other (conventional) suicides have increased significantly with the legalization of physician-assisted suicide. In Oregon, conventional suicides are a $41 million problem due to hospitalization costs, etc. See http://www.choiceillusion.org/2014/03/the-high-financial-cost-of-regular.html Legalization, regardless, sends the wrong message to young people that suicide is an acceptable solution to life's problems.
For a short article about Washington's similar law, please go here: https://www.kcba.org/newsevents/barbulletin/BView.aspx?month=05&Year=2009&AID=article5.htm
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Attorney slams California suicide bill
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dore: “Even if you like the concept of assisted suicide, SB 128 is the wrong bill.”
Contact: Margaret Dore (206) 697-1217
Seattle, WA -- Attorney Margaret Dore, president of Choice is an Illusion, which has fought assisted suicide legalization efforts in many states and now California, made the following statement after the California Senate Appropriations Committee passed SB 128 on May 28, sending the assisted suicide bill to the Senate floor.
"SB 128 is sold as giving people an 'end of life option,’” Dore said. “The fact is this bill is about ending the lives of people who aren’t necessarily dying anytime soon, and giving other people the ‘option’ to hurry them along."
Dore, an attorney in Washington State where assisted suicide is legal, explained, “In my law practice, I started out working in guardianships, wills and probate, and saw abuse of all kinds, especially where there was money involved (where there's a will, there are heirs). Then, in 2008, I got dragged to a meeting about our assisted suicide law and saw the perfect crime: your heir could help sign you up, and once the lethal dose was in the house, there was no oversight. Not even a witness is required. If you struggled, who would know?"
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