Assisted Suicide is Suicide, Diane Coleman in the New York Times, + More

HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK:
Anita Cameron: Don’t Be Fooled, Assisted Suicide IS Suicide

Proponents rename assisted suicide as “aid in dying” so it sounds like end of life care. However, it is not. End of life care is all of the services and supports, including pain management, that a person needs to be as comfortable as possible while the dying process takes place naturally. Assisted suicide is just that – suicide.

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Deputy Lester Queripel pictured. He is an older white man with longer gray hair, he is wearing a black fedora, black jacket, black shirt, and tie with a piano keyboard on it.

UK Deputy Says Assisted Suicide Saves Money

The Deputy said, "‘Those savings obviously wouldn’t just be exclusively financial, because islanders with terminal illnesses could be saved from months of unnecessary excruciating pain and suffering if they were permitted to end their own life whenever they choose to."

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Matt Valliere, a man of color with dark frame glasses wearing a suit, Amy Hasbrouck, a white woman with short dark gray hair wearing a blouse.

Matt Vallière and Amy Hasbrouck on EWTN News

Listen to Matt and Amy talk about the impact medically assisted suicide laws in Canada disproportionally have on the disabled, poor, and minorities. Video is available with closed captioning and a transcript.

Keep Watching (8 min)

Diane Coleman, a white woman with short gray hair, glasses, and wearing a breathing device.

Diane Coleman in the New York Times

"Adding physician-assisted suicide as a medical treatment exposes people with disabilities to systemic pressures to end their lives in the context of life-threatening illnesses."

Keep Reading (2 min)

"End Assisted Suicide" is the group of plaintiffs suing the state of California to overturn the Assisted Suicide law there. Our 501(c)(3) sister organization, the Institute for Patients' Rights, has joined this ground-breaking lawsuit as a plaintiff. See the quote below sharing some of what this group believes.

Orange faded image of woman in wheelchair with text that says, "The practice of physician-assisted suicide is unconstitutional and violates federal anti-discrimination laws that protect the rights of people with disabilities." The bottom lines have a blue banner.

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