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Saturday, June 13, 2015
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
"Medical killing is already occurring in California and elsewhere, which is causing much suffering and tearing families apart"
Dear
Senators,
I am
writing to urge you to vote "NO" on SB 128, which seeks to legalize assisted
suicide and euthanasia.
Medical
killing is already occurring in California and elsewhere, which is causing much
suffering and tearing families apart.
California
cases are documented at this website link to the Kaiser papers: http://kaiserpapers.org/abt.html
Another case
in point is my mother who died a horrible death by medically supervised
dehydration. See here.
Meanwhile, attorney Margaret Dore reports on two cases in her
recent press release involving legal assisted suicide, in which both patients
and their families were traumatized: the second case implies an actual
murder. See here.
It's
time to stop the madness. Please send a strong statement by voting
NO.
What
happens in California will likely affect the rest of the world. I urge you to
please vote against SB 128.
Thank
you,
Kate
Kelly, B.A., B.Ed.
Northwest Territories, Canada
Labels:
assisted suicide,
euthanasia,
SB 128
Monday, June 1, 2015
Dr. Bill Toffler: "I hope that California does not repeat Oregon’s mistake."
Dear Senator,
I have been a professor of family medicine and a practicing
physician in Oregon for more than 30 years. I write to provide some insight on
the issue of assisted suicide, which is legal in Oregon, and which has been
proposed for legalization in California (SB 128, which seeks to pass an
Oregon-style assisted suicide bill).
Oregon’s law applies to “terminal” patients who are predicted to have less than six months to live. In practice, this idea of “terminal” has recently become stretched to include people with chronic conditions, such as “chronic lower respiratory disease” and “diabetes”. Persons with these conditions are considered terminal if they are dependent on their medications, such as insulin, to live. They are unlikely die in less than six months unless they don’t receive their medications. Such persons, with treatment, could otherwise have years or even decades to live.
This illustrates a great problem with our law — it encourages people with years to live, to throw away their lives.
Oregon’s law applies to “terminal” patients who are predicted to have less than six months to live. In practice, this idea of “terminal” has recently become stretched to include people with chronic conditions, such as “chronic lower respiratory disease” and “diabetes”. Persons with these conditions are considered terminal if they are dependent on their medications, such as insulin, to live. They are unlikely die in less than six months unless they don’t receive their medications. Such persons, with treatment, could otherwise have years or even decades to live.
This illustrates a great problem with our law — it encourages people with years to live, to throw away their lives.
Labels:
Oregon,
SB 128,
Terminal,
William Toffler
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Attorney slams California suicide bill
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Attorney slams California suicide bill
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?"
Attorney slams California suicide bill
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?"
Labels:
assisted suicide,
elder abuse,
Margaret Dore,
Oregon,
SB 128,
Washington State
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