By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The Vermont Department of Health recently released the assisted suicide report for the period May 31, 2013 to June 30, 2017. However, the report provides very little information about the actual...
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Court case filed to protect Vermont physicians and patients from coercion in assisted suicide
By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition. The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has filed a lawsuit to protect the conscience rights of healthcare professionals in Vermont and prevent physicians and patients from being coerced into...
Protect Vermont MDs’ Right to Not Push Assisted Suicide!
By Wesley J. Smith Assisted suicide isn’t the same as palliative care. The latter about easing symptoms and alleviating pain. The former about intentionally ending life. But the culture of death brooks no dissent. Vermont authorities require doctors to counsel...
Vermont health professionals: Don’t force us to help kill our patients
ADF attorneys, allied attorney file federal complaint against state medical licensing authorities Editor’s note. The following was provided by the ADF--Alliance Defending Freedom. BURLINGTON, Vt. – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed suit in federal court...
Vermont’s Declining Abortion Numbers Likely to Rise
Planned Parenthood Moves Abortion Facility to White River Junction to Avoid Notifying Parents Editor’s note. The following was posted by Vermont Right to Life. A new national report from the Associated Press indicates that abortions have dropped 12 percent nationwide...
Shamelessly, Planned Parenthood touts itself as “safe haven” for newborn babies
By Dave Andrusko Why could/would/should it surprise you that Planned Parenthood, which corrupts everything it touches, also leads the galaxy in hypocrisy? When you read that Planned Parenthood of Northern New England is announcing that it is now a “safe haven” for...
Vermont Legislative Leaders Who Pushed Legalization of Doctor-Prescribed Suicide Lose Seats in 2014 Elections
“It has not been widely published, but Vermont proponents of the law to allow doctor-prescribed suicide (Act 39) were almost defeated or soundly defeated in the November 2014 elections,” stated Heather Weininger, Executive Director of Wisconsin Right to Life. •...
Despite a Loss in NJ and Pushback in Vermont, Doctor-Prescribed Suicide Advocates Forge Ahead
By Jennifer Popik, JD, Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics On June 26, 2014, the New Jersey Assembly adjourned without voting on a proposal to legalize doctor-prescribed suicide “after the sponsor said he could not find enough votes to get it passed,”...
Doctor-Prescribed Suicide – Battle on Two Fronts: New Jersey and Vermont
By Jennifer Popik, JD, Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics Although assisting suicide is only legal for a small fraction of the world’s population, advocates remain focused on promoting this dangerous legislation. Currently, doctor-prescribed suicide is legal in...
Vermont passes most dangerous assisted suicide bill in United States
By Jennifer Popik, JD Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics Editor’s note. While my family and I are on vacation, we are running some of our favorite NRL News Today stories from the last four months, entries from our “Roe at 40" series, and an occasional update....