tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34016806123937441712024-03-25T16:49:28.639-07:00ConnecticutA non-profit corporation opposed to assisted suicide, euthanasia and other forms of imposed death, worldwideUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401680612393744171.post-49035249795443406262022-10-07T01:50:00.001-07:002022-10-11T06:05:56.666-07:00Join Margaret Dore and Other Featured Speakers Opposing Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia. An In-Person and Online EventMargaret Dore: "It's been a long time since a lot of us have seen each other. Thank you to the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition and the Family Institute of Connecticut for sponsoring this event!"The Event: Caring About Everyone, EPC-USA Anti-Assisted Suicide Conference.Keynote Speaker: Wesley J. Smith, contributor to The Corner at National Review and a senior Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314132820263802243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401680612393744171.post-15145697001348430802022-03-01T17:53:00.002-08:002022-03-05T15:59:03.434-08:00Maybe You Trust Your Kids, But What About Your Son's New Wife?My name is Margaret Dore. I am a licensed attorney and president of Choice is an Illusion, a nonprofit corporation opposed to assisted suicide and euthanasia. I have personally testified in 20 U.S. legislatures, including Connecticut, and also internationally. I oppose Raised Bill No. 88.Yesterday, I submitted a formal legal analysis detailing problems with the proposed Act, that it is not what Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314132820263802243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401680612393744171.post-40136001179512313322022-02-22T16:10:00.001-08:002022-02-23T11:52:54.923-08:00Protect Yourselves and the People You Care About; Don't Let Them Become Sitting Ducks to PredatorsClick here to read the pdf version.I. INTRODUCTIONI am an attorney and president of Choice is an Illusion, a nonprofit corporation opposed to assisted suicide and euthanasia. I have personally appeared and testified against these practices in 20 US states and also internationally.[1] The proposed Act, Raised Bill No. 88, seeks to legalize physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314132820263802243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401680612393744171.post-14728251505870331792021-04-20T14:30:00.067-07:002022-03-01T17:15:52.764-08:00 Assisted Suicide Bill 6425 Has Diedby Alex SchadenbergElaine Kolb & Second Thoughts ConnecticutFor original article, click here.Connecticut
assisted suicide Bill HB 6425 died today. It dies along with the other
previous bills that have been debated every year since 2013. Other than
reading articles from the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition or other
similar groups, you will not hear about the death of the Connecticut
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401680612393744171.post-84424984445063611112021-02-26T10:43:00.003-08:002021-03-02T17:33:13.331-08:00Hearing Today: Tell the Connecticut Public Health Committee to Reject Assisted Suicide & EuthanasiaJeanette Hall"Don't render yourselves, and the people you care about, sitting ducks to heirs and other predators." By Margaret Dore, Esq.To read Dore's analysis opposing Raised Bill No. 6425, click here and here.1. The BillThe proposed bill, "An Act Concerning Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill," seeks to legalize “aid in dying,” which is a euphemism for Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314132820263802243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401680612393744171.post-19006309322755741142020-04-27T11:51:00.000-07:002020-04-27T11:52:20.649-07:00Assisted Suicide Bill HB 5420 Dead for Now
Stephen Mendelsohn
Stephen Mendelsohn:
We still need to be concerned about a special session, but for now, 8 years with no bill passing a single committee.
Story below courtesy of Connecticut News Junkie:
HARTFORD, CT — They never expected it to end like this, but legislative leaders decided Monday that it’s not safe for them to return to the state Capitol before the constitutional Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314132820263802243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401680612393744171.post-22611288918130983802020-03-30T18:48:00.000-07:002020-03-30T18:48:43.776-07:00Legislators Need to See Our Tears
Author testifying in 2015
By Cathy Ludlum
American democracy is based on the idea that the voices of the people matter. As legislators struggle with difficult issues, trying to balance the needs of conflicting constituencies and solve complicated problems, they need to hear the perspectives of the people most directly affected.
This is why they listen to hour after hour of in-person Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314132820263802243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401680612393744171.post-21736316846865579792020-03-17T14:49:00.000-07:002020-03-31T14:58:30.483-07:00Euthanasia Bill IntroducedOn March 2, 2020, assisted suicide and euthanasia bill HB 5420 was introduced and referred to the Joint Committee on Public Health. For the text of the bill click here.
A public hearing was scheduled for March 16, 2020, but was cancelled due to Corona virus concerns.Admin CIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04645356679534667319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401680612393744171.post-52215454543794188082019-04-01T12:48:00.000-07:002019-10-28T18:16:25.792-07:00Aid-In-Dying Fails To Get A Vote
HARTFORD, CT—Connecticut will not be one of the state’s to adopt aid-in-dying legislation as its chief proponent threw in the towel Monday, not allowing the bill to come up for vote in front of the Public Health Committee.
“We just didn’t have the votes,” Rep. Jonathan Steinberg, D-Westport, co-chair of the committee said.
He said it also won’t be an issue next year since the membership of Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314132820263802243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401680612393744171.post-6312517202423658012019-03-18T16:12:00.000-07:002020-05-08T11:14:33.771-07:00Reject Act Concerning Aid in Dying (Bill 5898)
Margaret and Elaine Kolb
By Margaret Dore, Esq, MBA
1. The Act
The Act seeks to legalize “aid in dying,” a traditional euphemism for active euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide.[1]
2. Who May Be Most at at Risk?
Individuals with money, meaning the middle class and above.
3. Assisting Persons Can Have an Agenda
Persons assisting a Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314132820263802243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401680612393744171.post-51531451368374628822018-01-05T12:13:00.002-08:002018-01-05T12:13:31.772-08:00People With Disabilities Are a High Risk Group for Suicide; Legal Assisted Suicide Discussed as a Contributing Factor.
By Margaret Dore
Thank you Stephen Mendelsohn, of Second Thoughts Connecticut, for providing this important
Stephen Mendelsohn
news.
The State of Connecticut Suicide Prevention Plan for 2020 includes
people with disabilities and chronic health conditions as a high-risk
group (similar to military veterans or the LGBT community) and discusses
assisted suicide as a possible Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401680612393744171.post-35449974659699378322014-03-26T18:08:00.000-07:002018-01-05T12:14:19.716-08:00Assisted Suicide Bill Dead!Assisted suicide bill won't be voted on by Connecticut legislative committee this session
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, March 25, 2014 - 7:32 pm EDT
HARTFORD,
Connecticut. A bill that would allow Connecticut physicians to
prescribe medication to help terminally ill patients end their lives
won't be voted on during this year's legislative session, the
co-chairman of the General Assembly's Public Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401680612393744171.post-66917899041312116372014-03-04T17:01:00.002-08:002014-03-04T17:01:48.383-08:00Don't Make Oregon's Mistake
http://www.journalinquirer.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/march-letters/article_ea92adaa-a38d-11e3-9790-001a4bcf887a.html (last letter)
I am a doctor in Oregon, where physician assisted-suicide is legal. I understand that Connecticut’s legislature is considering taking a similar step.
I was first exposed to this issue in 1982, shortly before my first wife died of cancer. We had just Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401680612393744171.post-31289298934356877302011-08-11T16:47:00.000-07:002018-08-25T16:51:26.066-07:00"I was afraid to leave my husband alone"
Letter from Oregon resident, Kathryn Judson, Published in the Hawaii Free Press, February 15, 2011.
To view the original letter,click here and scroll down towards the bottom of the page.
When my husband was seriously ill several years ago, I collapsed in a half-exhausted heap in a chair once I got him into the doctor's office, relieved that we were going to Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314132820263802243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401680612393744171.post-8799861145730267232011-05-17T09:12:00.000-07:002011-08-06T10:34:58.173-07:00CONNECTICUT COURT DISMISSES “AID IN DYING” CASEBy Margaret Dore
On June 2, 2010, the Connecticut Superior Court dismissed Blick v. Connecticut, an "aid in dying" case. "Aid in dying" is a euphemism for physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia.[1] As used in the case, aid in dying refered to physician-assisted suicide.
Case HistoryIn Connecticut, assisting a suicide is prohibited by two statutes: Conn. Gen. Stat.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com