To view or download a PDF version of this letter, click here. RE: H.R. 3, the so-called “Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019” Dear Member of Congress: This week, the House is expected to vote on H.R. 3, the so-called “Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019.” The...
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“Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019” Could Harm Patients
A new analysis of the Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019 (H.R. 3) by the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) estimates that, if passed, the legislation could lead to a loss of as many as 100 new drugs in the U.S. over the next decade. “Congress should not set up price...
Action Alert: Stop Assisted Suicide in Connecticut!
NRLC urges support of H.J. Res. 27, disapproval of D.C. assisted suicide legalization
Tell Congress You Don’t Want Tax Funds to Push Older People to Agree to Premature Death!
Ask Your Representative to Co-Sponsor H.R. 3251 against Biased “Advance Care Planning” Under Medicare Background: During the debate over the enactment of Obamacare, there was considerable controversy over paying Medicare health care providers to conduct “advance care...
Spurred by Schindler-Schiavo Case, Model State Law to Prevent Starvation and Dehydration Proposed
In response to the denial of food and fluids to Terri Schindler-Schiavo, the National Right to Life Committee is calling on state legislatures throughout the nation to move to protect people with disabilities from being denied food and fluids. The organization is...
Part IV: The Need for Civil Remedies to Prevent Assisting Suicide
Why We Shouldn't Legalize Assisting Suicide Part IV: The Need for Civil Remedies to Prevent Assisting Suicide by Burke J. Balch, J.D. and David N. O'Steen, Ph.D. On May 2, 1994, a Michigan jury acquitted Jack Kevorkian of charges related to his publicly proclaimed...
Part III: What About the Terminally Ill
Why We Shouldn't Legalize Assisting Suicide Part III: What About the Terminally Ill? By Burke J. Balch, J.D., and Randall K. O'Bannon, M.A[1] Proponents of physician-assisted suicide frequently begin by advocating its legalization for those who are terminally ill,...
Part II: Pain Control
Why We Shouldn't Legalize Assisting Suicide Part II: Pain Control by Burke J. Balch, J.D., and David Waters[1] Proponents of euthanasia argue that "mercy-killing" is necessary because patients, particularly those with terminal illness, experience uncontrollable pain....
Part I: Suicide and Mental Illness
Why We Shouldn't Legalize Assisting Suicide Part I: Suicide and Mental Illness By Burke J. Balch, J.D., and Randall K. O'Bannon, M.A. Under the banners of compassion and autonomy, some are calling for legal recognition of a "right to suicide" and societal acceptance...