In Vermont, a Bid to Legalize Physician-Assisted Suicide. John Schwartz and James Estrin.
by Schwartz, John; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 66Family. Publisher: New York Times, 2005ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Assisted suicide -- Law and legislation | Physicians -- Attitudes | Right to die | Vermont -- LegislatureDDC classification: 050 Summary: "The next showdown over physician-assisted suicide could be in Vermont, where a group of citizens has begun an effort to pass a bill patterned on Oregon's seven-year-old law allowing doctors to prescribe suicide drugs for terminally ill patients who request them. The bill went nowhere in the State Legislature last year, but was reintroduced in February [2005] and could be brought before legislative committees next month [April 2005]. Its supporters say they could make headway in Vermont, a state with a fiercely independent streak and small-scale government that tends to be swayed less by big outside campaigns than by what local citizens want." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article reports on Death With Dignity Vermont, the citizens' group supporting the physician-assisted suicide bill, and also includes statements by opponents of the legislation.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: In Vermont, a Bid to Legalize Physician-Assisted Suicide, March 30, 2005; pp. A12.
"The next showdown over physician-assisted suicide could be in Vermont, where a group of citizens has begun an effort to pass a bill patterned on Oregon's seven-year-old law allowing doctors to prescribe suicide drugs for terminally ill patients who request them. The bill went nowhere in the State Legislature last year, but was reintroduced in February [2005] and could be brought before legislative committees next month [April 2005]. Its supporters say they could make headway in Vermont, a state with a fiercely independent streak and small-scale government that tends to be swayed less by big outside campaigns than by what local citizens want." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article reports on Death With Dignity Vermont, the citizens' group supporting the physician-assisted suicide bill, and also includes statements by opponents of the legislation.
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