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By Laura Krantz
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Killing with kindness: Why the Death With Dignity Act endangers people with disabilities
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
http://thephoenix.com/boston/news/146648-killing-with-kindness-why-the-death-with-dignity-/#ixzz2AvS5wlXH
By S.J. Rosenbaum
I think my opinions about doctor-assisted suicide crystallized the night Mike — my wheelchair-using, ventilator-breathing boyfriend — choked on pineapple juice, passed out, and died.
He was dead for several minutes, on a steel table in the ER. The doctor shocked the pulse back into his heart and dropped him into an induced coma, but it still wasn't clear whether he would make it. As I stood by his bedside, shaking, one of the nurses touched me on the shoulder.
"Maybe it's better this way," she murmured.
I'll never forget that moment. We'd been watching a movie together a few hours before. We had plans to go clubbing. Maybe it's better this way?
I'm not a violent person, but I wanted to punch that lady in the face.
By S.J. Rosenbaum
I think my opinions about doctor-assisted suicide crystallized the night Mike — my wheelchair-using, ventilator-breathing boyfriend — choked on pineapple juice, passed out, and died.
He was dead for several minutes, on a steel table in the ER. The doctor shocked the pulse back into his heart and dropped him into an induced coma, but it still wasn't clear whether he would make it. As I stood by his bedside, shaking, one of the nurses touched me on the shoulder.
"Maybe it's better this way," she murmured.
I'll never forget that moment. We'd been watching a movie together a few hours before. We had plans to go clubbing. Maybe it's better this way?
I'm not a violent person, but I wanted to punch that lady in the face.
NY Times: Suicide by Choice? Not so Fast
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/opinion/suicide-by-choice-not-so-fast.html?_r=0&pagewanted=print
October 31, 2012
October 31, 2012
By BEN MATTLIN
NEXT week, voters in Massachusetts will decide whether to adopt an assisted-suicide law. As a good pro-choice liberal, I ought to support the effort. But as a lifelong disabled person, I cannot.
There are solid arguments in favor. No one will be coerced into taking a poison pill, supporters insist. The “right to die” will apply only to those with six months to live or less. Doctors will take into account the possibility of depression. There is no slippery slope.
Fair enough, but I remain skeptical. There’s been scant evidence of abuse so far in Oregon [and] Washington . . . , the [two] states where physician-assisted death is already legal, but abuse — whether spousal, child or elder — is notoriously underreported, and evidence is difficult to come by. What’s more, Massachusetts registered nearly 20,000 cases of elder abuse in 2010 alone.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Massachusetts Papers Voting NO
1. The Cape Cod Times - Vote No on Question 2
2. The Salem News - Our View: No on Question 2
3. The Worchester Telegram and Gazette - Vote "No" on Question 2
4. The Boston Herald - No on Question 2
5. The New Bedford Standard Times - Our View: Death with Dignity law fatally flawed
6. The Bay State Banner - Vote No on Question 2
7. The Lowell Sun - Vote No on Question 2
2. The Salem News - Our View: No on Question 2
3. The Worchester Telegram and Gazette - Vote "No" on Question 2
4. The Boston Herald - No on Question 2
5. The New Bedford Standard Times - Our View: Death with Dignity law fatally flawed
6. The Bay State Banner - Vote No on Question 2
7. The Lowell Sun - Vote No on Question 2
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