Pages tagged "Massachusetts"
Suicide by choice? Not so fast
Jan 31, 2014
The following article by Ben Mattlin first appeared in the in the lead up to the Nov 6, 2012 Massachusetts ballot on assisted suicide.
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Hearings on assisted suicide bill highlight disability issues in unforseen ways
Jan 07, 2014
Readers will recall that an assisted suicide in Massachusetts in November last year on the day of the US Presidential Elections by a margin of 51% to 49%.ballot initiative was defeated
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USA: current assisted suicide debates
Dec 14, 2013
This summary of the situation in the USA from :Alex Schadenberg
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Lessons from Massachusetts - euthanasia & assisted suicide is not a 'left-right' divide
Nov 15, 2012
This article from the is a primer on how campaigns should be run and it proves the case that being against euthanasia and assisted suicide isn't a 'religious thing' any more than its a 'conservative thing':
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Boston Globe says NO to assisted suicide
Nov 03, 2012
In the past few weeks a number of American newspapers, many but not all in Massachusetts have editorialized opposition to the Massachsetts Ballot Question 2 on assisted suicide. The ballot question will be voted on by Mass. citizens as part of the voting in the US Presidential Ballot on November 6. Yesterday the left-liberal
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Suicide by Choice? Not So Fast - a disability perspective
Nov 02, 2012
This is a great article on why Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide should never be legal from a disabilities perspective. First published in the :New York Times
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It makes you think...two great letters to editors on disability and assisted suicide
Nov 01, 2012
Some people have the ability to get the tone of a letter to an editor just right and they seem, always, to get published (though I'm sure this isn't always the case). The following letters again focused on the Massachusetts Ballot Question 2 and appeared recently in New England newspapers:Dear Editor: (Boston Herald)
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Why assisted suicide puts people living with disability at risk
Nov 01, 2012
Staff Editor at the Boston Phoenix, S.I. Rosenbaum opposes Ballot Question 2 from personal experience and sound reasoning: K
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Sen Teddy Kennedy's widow speaks out against assisted suicide
Oct 30, 2012
Whether you liked his politics or not, was a giant of American politics. Kennedy was a Senator for the New England state of Massachusetts where voters will consider a ballot question on Assisted Suicide on November 6th. Victoria Kennedy's comments are worth considering:Senator Kennedy
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