HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK:
Psychiatric Doctors Say Assisted Suicide is
Dangerous for Mental Illness
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"Palliative approaches in psychiatry are conceptually comparable and include accepting that severe mental illness can be incurable, avoiding direct treatments with challenging side effects and questionable impact, and offering a support system that helps patients live impactful lives until death."

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** The Misguided Rhetoric of the End-of-Life Options Bill
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"Proponents of physician-assisted suicide are leveraging the feelings of citizens on the dying process to change the law rather than working to make our healthcare system, in this particular case our palliative care system, more robust."

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** Assisted Suicide, Disability Discrimination, and Racial Disparities.
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Anita Cameron at the Maryland hearing for a proposed assisted suicide law said, "As long as disability discrimination and racial disparities in healthcare exist and as long our broken, profit-driven healthcare system limits people's access to treatment, services and supports, assisted suicide laws like SB 0443 have no place in Maryland."

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** Canadians Without Life Threatening Diseases Encouraged toward Assisted Suicide
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"Individuals considering [assisted suicide] are already vulnerable due to physical or mental suffering, making them susceptible to external pressures. Reflecting on my own past struggles, I recognize the unpredictability of emotions and circumstances."

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"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 ([link removed]) , has joined this ground-breaking lawsuit as a plaintiff.

Below is one of the many reasons why this group is fighting against the assisted suicide law in California.
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If you’re in crisis, there are options available to help you cope. You can call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at any time to connect with a trained crisis counselor. For confidential support available 24/7 for everyone in the U.S., call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org.

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