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  1. Delaware Online says HB140 End of Life Options bill is the Right Thing to Do!

    It's all about patient choice and autonomy.

    Republicans, who always tout ‘freedom’ were vehemently against HB140 (freedom only for things they support, like guns and no vaccines or masks!)

    #HB140 #Delaware #maid #deathwithdignity #freedom #guns #vaccines #republicans
    delawareonline.com/story/news/

  2. @AmerLiberal Agreed. Here, in Oregon, the state has had a #DeathWithDignity Act on the books since October 27, 1997. I'm not sure how I feel about Governments mandating individual rights in general, but in this case, I'm satisfied to have the state somewhat protect an individual's right to their own physical autonomy. I question gov't setting ANY conditions, just to appease religion.

    oregon.gov/oha/PH/PROVIDERPART

    #AssistedSuicide #Suicide #Religion #Oregon #Law #Politics #TaxChurces #USA

  3. #KateCheney was one of the first people to die under #Oregon’s #DeathWithDignity law in 1999. After her doctor refused #euthanasia, her daughter Erika took her to 3 more doctors: the 4th noted that Erika was “coercive” & that “her choices may be influenced by her family’s wishes” but approved euthanasia anyway. Erika then left her at a nursing home for a week until she requested euthanasia, which was performed on the spot.

    The Michigan Law review notes many other legal inconsistencies, systemic lack of data, & other cases of coercion: web.archive.org/web/2014012308

    In 2008, a woman named #TamiSawyer moved in with a disabled man named #ThomasMiddleton; within a month she was named his heir and he was euthanised under Dying with Dignity. Two days later she sold his estate and pocketed the money: ctmirror.org/2015/03/06/op-ed-

    We only know about this because she was convicted of real estate fraud; there are no mechanisms to protect disabled people, nor was the state interested in investigating Middleton’s death.

    Our lives have less value than the tax paid on property.

    Linda Fleming, the first person to be euthanised in #Washington state, was divorced, bankrupt, and unable to work due to disability, yet her situation presented no “red flags” to the proponents of euthanasia who pushed for her to be euthanised: web.archive.org/web/2015070107

    #UnitedStates #MedicalAbleism #Eugenics