Thu, 04/29/2021 - 10:11am sarahp JERRY HAROLD BEACHAM
NEW HAVEN/SALISBURY Jerry Harold Beacham, 75, passed away at home in the loving arms of his wife and children on April 7, 2021. He had been diagnosed with ALS in 2018, an incurable, fatal disease, but had most likely been suffering from it since at least 2012. ALS may have robbed him of his physical strength, but never his emotional strength. The night before he died, in quiet conversations, he chose the hawk as his spirit animal to soar through the sky. As he laid down on his hospital bed on that beautiful sunny morning, a majestic hawk landed in a tree just off the deck, as if to say, “follow me … it will be okay.” Jerry passed without hesitation or fear.
Advocates propose three changes to Vermont s Aid in Dying law
Bill expected to be discussed in Senate committee in coming weeks Share Updated: 6:55 PM EDT Apr 7, 2021
Bill expected to be discussed in Senate committee in coming weeks Share Updated: 6:55 PM EDT Apr 7, 2021
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Show Transcript ADVOCATES ARE NOW HOPING PROPOSED CHANGES. CAN GIVE PEOPLE WHO WANT IT. MORE ACCESS. BEFORE IT S TOO LATE. BETSY WALKERMAN. KNOWS A THING OR TWO ABOUT ACT 39. OTHERWISE KNOWN AS VERMONT S AID IN DYING LAW. DURING THE TIME OF ITS PASSAGE IN 2013. IT DREW EMOTIONAL DEBATE ON BOTH SIDES. SINCE THEN, OFFICIALS SAY AT LEAST 86 VERMONTERS HAVE QUALIFIED TO USE THE LAW. WHICH ALLOWS PEOPLE WHO ARE TERMINALLY-ILL TO BE ABLE TO GET A LETHAL DOSE OF SELF- ADMINISTERED MEDICATION PRESCRIBED BY A DOCTOR. BUT RECENTLY, SOME SHORTFALLS HAVE COME TO LIGHT. WALKERMAN HEADS THE NONPROFIT PATIENT CHOICES VERMONT. WHICH CON rNECTS PEOPLE INTERES