Health Care Reform -- on the back burner, but still pending.

"Martin Amis in new row over 'euthanasia booths'"
( The Guardian - - January 24, 2010 )
British author says a "silver tsunami" of increasingly aging people puts pressure on society. Stating there will be a population of demented very old people, "stinking out the restaurants and cafes and shops," Martin Amis calls for euthanasia booths on every corner. More

"NH House defeats assisted suicide bill"
On  Wednesday, January 13, 2010, the New Hampshire House defeated H.B. 304 by a vote of 242-113.  More

"Montana to Permit Assisted Suicide"
( Philadelphia Bulletin - January 12, 2010 )
Montana's highest court ruled on Dec. 31 that physicians who help terminally ill patients commit suicide cannot be prosecuted, thus making it the third state in the U.S. to allow the practice. More

Montana Supreme Court:  Doctors can prescribe drugs for assisted suicide.   Rights granted under the state's living will law, "The Rights of the Terminally Ill Act," are the basis for permitting physician "aid in dying."  (December 31, 2009)
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Connecticut court asked to redefine "suicide"
Blick v. CT centers on persuading the court that assisted suicide is not assisted suicide when it involves a physician and a patient who is dying. Assisted-suicide advocates argue that such a death should be considered "aid-in-dying" and claim that "'aid-in-dying' is a recognized term of medical art." The Complaint asks the court to find that an assisted-suicide death "does not constitute 'suicide'" within the meaning of the law.

The Connecticut Attorney's office has filed a Motion to Dismiss the Complaint and a Memorandum in Support of the Motion to Dismiss.

Every assisted-suicide bill that has been introduced in the United States this year is modeled on Oregon's "Death with Dignity Act." Proponents claim assisted suicide is working well in that state, but facts about Oregon's law indicate their claim is false.

News and Views...

"Dial 911 for Suicide Assistance?"
( American Thinker - WA, USA - September 28, 2009 )
If a suicidal cancer patient calls 911 in Washington State, will she be provided with all "end-of-life options," including a referral to the assisted-suicide advocacy group, Compassion & Choices? More

"Talking Seniors to Death"
( American Thinker - September 6, 2009 )
Seniors will have less money to spend next year but they may not have to live on such meager funds for long. The government is going to help them plan how they want to die....Section 1233 of the current House bill (HR 3200) didn't just show up on the doorstep of health care reform, but was packaged and delivered by Compassion & Choices, the assisted-suicide advocacy group previously known as the Hemlock Society. More

"Sentenced to death on the NHS"
( The Daily Telegraph - London, UK - September 2, 2009 )
Patients with terminal illnesses are being made to die prematurely under an NHS scheme to help end their lives, leading doctors warn today. More

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