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Representative Denise Provost, John Kelly and other disability activists |
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- Mass Home
- Choice is an Illusion, Main Site
- John Norton: A Cautionary Tale
- Dore Memo Opposing H.1991
- Memo to Joint Judiciary Committee
- Papers Say No to Question 2
- Young Man Actively Suicidal After Watching Brittany Video
- Don't Rob Them of Hope Brittany
- Ballot Question 2 Talking Points
- Fact Check!
- Oregon: Studies Invalid
Thursday, September 28, 2017
'Death With Dignity' or Pressuring the Ill to Die
Sunday, June 18, 2017
Michelle Carter Convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter Due to Assisting Suicide of Conrad Roy

Conrad Roy III
NPR A Massachusetts judge has found Michelle Carter guilty of involuntary manslaughter after, prosecutors say, the then-teenager sent a fellow teenager text messages that urged him to commit suicide.
Juvenile Court Judge Lawrence Moniz decided the case, which Carter had opted to be heard by a judge rather than a jury. Even before Moniz read his verdict Friday, Carter, 20, was weeping and holding a tissue in the courtroom. The judge agreed with prosecutors that Carter's "wanton and reckless conduct" had resulted in the death of Conrad Roy III.
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Conrad Roy III |
Labels:
Assisted Suicide,
Murder
Friday, April 14, 2017
John Kelly, Boston Based Disability Rights Activist, Published in New Mexico
Assisted suicide bill - it deserved to die
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John Kelly |
By John Kelly | Posted: Monday, March 20, 2017 7:00 pm
Thanks to the state Senate’s rejection of the assisted suicide bill, Senate Bill 252, residents of New Mexico can breathe easier. As Sen. Craig Brandt said during last week’s debate, “This bill is dangerous. Doctors make mistakes every day.”
Saturday, July 9, 2016
Worldwide Theatre Protest: 'Me Before You' Paints Dangerous Picture of Disabled Life
BY JOHN KELLY
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"It was heartening at our protests to receive so much support from moviegoers and passersby." |
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Assisted Suicide Bill Dies in Committee!

Today, the Joint Committee on Public Health, of the Massachusetts Legislature, "declined to advance H.1999 the latest assisted suicide bill, H 1991, euphemistically titled 'An act affirming a terminally ill patient's right to compassionate aid in dying.' Disability rights advocates, along with representatives from medicine and members of the public, testified and lobbied against the bill."
The written testimony of Margaret Dore, president of Choice is an Illusion, is summarized below:
H.1991 is similar to Ballot Question 2, which was defeated by a vote of the people in 2012. This memo and its attachments discuss why H.1991 is a recipe for elder abuse. Passage will also cause family trauma, and encourage people with years to live to throw away their lives.... Even if you are for the concept of assisted suicide, H.1991 is the wrong bill.Thank you to everyone who helped make this defeat possible!
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Choice is an Illusion
Monday, October 26, 2015
Dore Letter to Joint Committee on Public Health
I am a lawyer in Washington State where assisted suicide is legal. I am also president of Choice is an Illusion, a nonprofit corporation opposed to assisted suicide and euthanasia.
H.1991 is a promoted as assuring patient control, which it doesn't do. Key problems include the following:
Here is a link to my memo explaining the bill's problems in more detail. Even if you are for the concept of assisted suicide, H.1991 is the wrong bill. http://www.massagainstassistedsuicide.org/2015/10/dore-memo-opposing-h1991.html
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Margaret Dore, Esq., MBA
Law Offices of Margaret K. Dore, P.S.
Choice is an Illusion, a nonprofit corporation
www.margaretdore.com
www.choiceillusion.org
1001 4th Avenue, Suite 4400
Seattle WA 98154
H.1991 is a promoted as assuring patient control, which it doesn't do. Key problems include the following:
- Someone else is allowed to speak for the patient during the lethal dose request process.
- The term, "self-administer," allows someone else to administer the lethal dose to the patient
- There is no oversight at the death: Even if the patient struggled against administration, who would know?
- The death certificate is required to be falsified to reflect a natural death, which prevents perpetrators from being prosecuted even in a straight up murder for the money.
Here is a link to my memo explaining the bill's problems in more detail. Even if you are for the concept of assisted suicide, H.1991 is the wrong bill. http://www.massagainstassistedsuicide.org/2015/10/dore-memo-opposing-h1991.html
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Margaret Dore, Esq., MBA
Law Offices of Margaret K. Dore, P.S.
Choice is an Illusion, a nonprofit corporation
www.margaretdore.com
www.choiceillusion.org
1001 4th Avenue, Suite 4400
Seattle WA 98154
Labels:
Assisted Suicide,
Elder Abuse,
H.1991
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