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Assisted suicide lobby spreads falsehoods to promote systemic ableism


Assisted suicide lobby spreads falsehoods to promote systemic ableism
Proponents of assisted suicide repeatedly spread falsehoods to promote their lethal and ableist agenda.  The February 8 op-ed, “Aid in dying is not assisted suicide” is no exception.
Suicide is defined as the act of taking one’s life intentionally.  The person who intentionally ingests a prescribed lethal overdose more closely fits the dictionary definition of suicide than the despondent person who jumps off a bridge.  The desire for suicide is a cry for help, even when redefined as a “medical treatment option.”
The Connecticut State Suicide Prevention Plan 2025 posits a clear intersection between assisted suicide and other suicide.  Connecticut has the only state suicide prevention plan that includes disabled people as a high-risk population.  To quote the relevant section (pp. 57-58): ....

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COVID-19 raised in latest physician-assisted suicide debate


COVID-19 raised in latest physician-assisted suicide debate
SUSAN HAIGH, Associated Press
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Some proponents of the latest effort in Connecticut to allow physicians to prescribe medication to terminally ill patients seeking to end their lives said Friday the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for such a law.
Opponents of the legislation, however, argued at a virtual hearing at the state Legislature that it s the absolute wrong time to bring up the bill again.
“Why would the Connecticut legislature be holding a hearing and trying to pass assisted suicide during a year like this when so many of our seniors have already died and are in a mentally vulnerable state of mind,” asked Anthony Barca of Norwalk, who submitted written testimony to the General Assembly s Public Health Committee. ....

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