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Op-Ed: Assisted suicide would be fraught with problems and abuses The Public Health Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly has twice rejected doctor-prescribed suicide legislation after hearing testimony about the dangers it posed to seniors and people with disabilities. Some 140 attempts to legalize assisted suicide in other states have also been rejected. Led by a vocal disability community, opposition to assisted suicide cannot be reduced to soundbites. Death is far too important [...] ...

Some Oregon Assisted Suicide Abuses and Complications “We are not given the resources to investigate [assisted-suicide cases] and not only do we not have the resources to do it, but we do not have any legal authority to insert ourselves.1 Dr. Katrina Hedberg, Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) Under Oregon’s lax oversight, these are some of the documented abuses and complications that have come to light: • Kate Cheney,2 85, died of assisted suicide under Oregon’s law even though [...] ...

Some Oregon Assisted Suicide Abuses and Complications “We are not given the resources to investigate [assisted-suicide cases] and not only do we not have the resources to do it, but we do not have any legal authority to insert ourselves.1 Dr. Katrina Hedberg, Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) Under Oregon’s lax oversight, these are some of the documented abuses and complications that have come to light: • Kate Cheney,2 85, died of assisted suicide under Oregon’s law even though [...] ...

Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund DREDF A Deadly Model: Suicide Contagion We know that suicide contagion is a real phenomenon in society, and thus, a key concern about assisted suicide proposals.1 In Oregon, government reports show a positive statistical correlation between the legalization of assisted suicide and an increase in other suicides:2 • Oregon legalized assisted suicide in late 1997.3 • After decreasing in the 1990s, Oregon suicide rates have been [...] ...

OPINION | COMMENTARY A Doctor-Assisted Disaster for Medicine As a physician in Oregon, I have seen the dire effect of assisted-suicide laws on patients and my profession. By WILLIAM L. TOFFLER Aug. 17, 2015 7:11 p.m. ET Since the voters of Oregon narrowly legalized physician-assisted suicide 20 years ago, there has been a profound shift in attitude toward medical care—new fear and secrecy, and a fixation on death. Well over 850 people have taken their lives by ingesting massive [...] ...

All of the national disability rights organizations that have taken a position on assisted suicide oppose legalizing it in public policy. The following are statements by LEADERS OF THE DISABILITY RIGHTS MOVEMENT. The Resistance Bob Kafka, ADAPT National Disability Organizations That Oppose Legalization of Assisted Suicide ADAPT American Assn. of People with Disabilities Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living Autistic Self Advocacy Network Disability Rights Center  [...] ...