On September 21, 2012, the Attorney General of Canada filed an affidavit by Dr. Ken Stevens in the Quebec assisted suicide case, Leblanc v Canada. Therein, Dr. Stevens describes how the Oregon Health Plan steers patients to suicide.
Please view the text of his affidavit below. To view a hard copy of his affidavit, click here.
Friday, September 21, 2012
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Margaret Dore to Speak at Deaconess Hospital, Bozeman, Sept 12th, 7pm
A Presentation by Margaret Dore, Esq.
Margaret Dore is President of Choice is an Illusion, a nonprofit corporation opposed to assisted suicide. She is also an attorney in Washington State where assisted suicide is legal and patient choice is not assured. The law instead invites patient coercion and elder abuse. The Washington law also devalues people with disabilities. Ms. Dore is a former Law Clerk to the Washington State Supreme Court. She was an amicus curie in Montana's Baxter case. For more information, see www.margaretdore.com and www.choiceillusion.org
Ms. Dore will discuss assisted suicide laws in Washington and Oregon and how those laws are a recipe for abuse. She will compare the situation in Washington and Oregon to proposals seeking to legalize assisted suicide in Montana.
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Ms. Dore will discuss assisted suicide laws in Washington and Oregon and how those laws are a recipe for abuse. She will compare the situation in Washington and Oregon to proposals seeking to legalize assisted suicide in Montana.
Senator Hinkle Corrects the New England Journal of Medicine
"Assisted Suicide is Not Legal in Montana"
Dear Editor:
I am a Montana State Senator. I disagree with your article, "Redefining Physicians' Role in Assisted Dying," claiming that assisted suicide is legal in Montana. At the very least, Montana law is unclear.
Last year, Senate Bill 167, which would have legalized assisted suicide in Montana, failed. This leaves assisted suicide governed by a Montana Supreme Court case, Baxter v. Montana. An analysis by attorneys Greg Jackson and Matt Bowman describes Baxter as follows:
"The Montana Supreme Court s assisted-suicide decision . . . didn't even 'legalize' assisted-suicide. . . . After Baxter, assisted-suicide continues to carry both criminal and civil liability risks for any doctor, institution, or lay person involved."[1]
Since then, competing articles have appeared in the official Montana State Bar publication disputing whether Baxter legalized assisted suicide.[2] The editor's headline states: "Court ruling still leaves the issue open to argument." [3]
Correct reporting would be that assisted suicide is not legal in Montana and/or hotly disputed. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Dear Editor:
I am a Montana State Senator. I disagree with your article, "Redefining Physicians' Role in Assisted Dying," claiming that assisted suicide is legal in Montana. At the very least, Montana law is unclear.
Last year, Senate Bill 167, which would have legalized assisted suicide in Montana, failed. This leaves assisted suicide governed by a Montana Supreme Court case, Baxter v. Montana. An analysis by attorneys Greg Jackson and Matt Bowman describes Baxter as follows:
"The Montana Supreme Court s assisted-suicide decision . . . didn't even 'legalize' assisted-suicide. . . . After Baxter, assisted-suicide continues to carry both criminal and civil liability risks for any doctor, institution, or lay person involved."[1]
Since then, competing articles have appeared in the official Montana State Bar publication disputing whether Baxter legalized assisted suicide.[2] The editor's headline states: "Court ruling still leaves the issue open to argument." [3]
Correct reporting would be that assisted suicide is not legal in Montana and/or hotly disputed. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
To the Board: "Why do you think Montana has such a high rate of suicide?"
To: DLI BSD Medical Examiners
Subject: Against Assisted suicide
We agree with Montanans Against Assisted Suicide. Please vacate statement No. 20. Senator Blewitt and Dr Speckert admit it is illegal, so how can the Board make it legal? This puts everyone at risk especially the elderly and special needs people. Why do you think Montana has such a high rate of suicide? Our young people see how human beings are not regarded with real honor and respect and figure if life gets hard, suicide is an option. This will also add to elder abuse.
Sincerely Jerry and Virginia Geier
Subject: Against Assisted suicide
We agree with Montanans Against Assisted Suicide. Please vacate statement No. 20. Senator Blewitt and Dr Speckert admit it is illegal, so how can the Board make it legal? This puts everyone at risk especially the elderly and special needs people. Why do you think Montana has such a high rate of suicide? Our young people see how human beings are not regarded with real honor and respect and figure if life gets hard, suicide is an option. This will also add to elder abuse.
Sincerely Jerry and Virginia Geier
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