Assisted Suicide Bill Passes

Shumlin

On May 20, 2013, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin signed S.77, an assisted suicide law, which creates legal paths of abuse and exploitation against persons who fall within its terms. 

Jackowski: Assisted Suicide Is Not the Answer

https://vtdigger.org/2013/05/20/jackowski-assisted-suicide-is-not-the-answer/

Editor's note, This op-ed is by Rosemarie Jackowski, an advocacy journalist and peace activist who is the author of "Banned in Vermont."

The “assisted suicide bill” does exactly what it is designed not to do. It will eliminate choice for the most vulnerable. Unintended consequences are sure to follow. We need more, not fewer rights. Government-approved suicide as an end-of-life option does not give more rights — in reality it takes them away.