NRLC urges support of H.J. Res. 27, disapproval of D.C. assisted suicide legalization — January 17, 2017
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Key Points for Debating Assisting Suicide
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The Status of State Laws [PDF]
Why the “Safeguards” Do Not Work [PDF]
What We Have Learned from Oregon [PDF]
Why We Shouldn’t Legalize Assisting Suicide – Study in 4 Parts
Overview
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Part I: Suicide and Mental Illness
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Part II: Pain Control
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Part III: What About the Terminally Ill?
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Part IV: The Need for Civil Remedies to Prevent Assisting Suicide
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Current and Previous Threats
2013
Activists are in an aggressive campaign promoting doctor-prescribed death across several states
Vermont: Vermont’s proposed assisted suicide bill “is very flawed and does not protect patients”
Washington: Leading cancer centre in Washington state sets up assisted suicide program
2012
Massachusetts: Opponents of physician-assisted suicide overcome 49-point deficit to defeat Ballot Question 2
Vermont: Death of Assisted Suicide Legislation Leaves Proponents Reeling
2009
Montana: Assisted Suicide Legalized in Montana; Attorney General to Appeal
2008
California: Wesley J. Smith: In California Assisted Suicide Advocates Again Undermine Medicine
Washington: Physician-Assisted Suicide is Legalized in Washington State
Washington: Pro-Euthanasia Group Again Promoting Assisted Suicide in 2008 Washington State Ballot Initiative
2002
Hawaii: Last-Minute Vote Switches Keep Assisting Suicide Illegal in Hawaii
2001
Alaska: Alaska Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects Assisted Suicide
2000
Maine: Come-from-Behind Victory Against Maine Assisting Suicide Referendum Elates Anti-Euthanasia Forces