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HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK:
Dr. Eve Slater Says NY Should Oppose Assisted Suicide
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"Physician-assisted suicide undermines the trust essential to the doctor-patient relationship. Patients wonder: 'Is my doctor providing me the best care, or simply unwilling or unable to give me the care and comfort I need? Is she merely stringing me along until I am eligible for physician-assisted suicide?'"
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Disability Advocates and Senators Oppose NH Assisted Suicide Bill
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"The testimony of those people that were opposed to the bill made it pretty clear that you start here, but then it expands and we've seen that with other things, many other things quite frankly."
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Doctors Fear Expansion Bills for Assisted Suicide
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"The more [assisted suicide] is viewed as medical care, the easier it becomes to enlarge the eligibility criteria to encompass almost anyone who feels they are 'suffering.' Then the slide down the slope can accelerate, from terminal conditions to chronic conditions (such as mental illness), as is happening in our culturally and geographically adjacent neighbor, Canada."
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People With Disabilities Against Assisted Suicide
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"When assisted suicide is legal, then a suicidal disabled person who is considered to be terminally ill (which is a far more amorphous concept than many people realise) or suffering to a particular degree, they could be greeted with, 'Sure, great idea! Here are the drugs' rather than 'How can I help you to want to live?'"
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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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