Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Oregon Senate The Oregon legislature is currently debating assisted suicide bill Bill HB 2217 to expand the assisted suicide law and permit euthanasia (homicide) by redefining the term “self administer” to allow patients to take the lethal drugs into their body using any method, including an IV tubeContinue reading “The assisted suicide lobby opposes Oregon bill expanding the law to euthanasia.”
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Oregon Bill HB 2217 greases the slippery slope from assisted suicide to euthanasia.
Written submission of Richard M. Doerflinger To: Members, Oregon Senate Re: Opposition to HB 2217 on “death with dignity” Oregon Senate May 2, 2019 I have analyzed legislative proposals on end-of-life issues for almost four decades, and I now live in Washington state which, like Oregon, has a law allowing “death with dignity.” HB 2217Continue reading “Oregon Bill HB 2217 greases the slippery slope from assisted suicide to euthanasia.”
Oregon assisted suicide. The myth of "oversight" and "control."
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention CoalitionAs the Executive Director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) my position opposing assisted suicide is clear. For the sake of this article, I will simply share some information about assisted suicide in Oregon. Recently two Oregon doctors were investigated for abuse of the assisted suicide act. Since theContinue reading “Oregon assisted suicide. The myth of "oversight" and "control."”
Oregon Bill HB 2217 would extend assisted suicide to allow euthanasia.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Oregon bill HB 2217 which expands assisted suicide to include euthanasia by redefining “self-administer” passed in the House by a vote of 37 to 21. HB 2217 states: “Self-administer” means a qualified patient’s physical act of ingesting or delivering by another method medication to end his or her life inContinue reading “Oregon Bill HB 2217 would extend assisted suicide to allow euthanasia.”
Complications with Lethal Drugs Used for Assisted Suicide
The Patients Rights Action Fund published the following information. Warning: If you are experiencing suicidal thoughts, do not read this article but call: 1-800-273 (talk) 8255 Many assisted suicide deaths are slow and painful. Seconal · The lethal dose prescribed to cause the death of the patient is 9 grams of seconal (secobarbital) capsules. ToContinue reading “Complications with Lethal Drugs Used for Assisted Suicide”