Mary
Beerworth, executive director of Vermont Right to Life, shared the
story of a 91-year-old woman who was staying in a rehab facility
because she broke her wrist.
When her family was not in the room, Beerworth said rehab staff repeatedly asked the elderly woman if she was in pain or depressed; then they would remind her that she could commit doctor-prescribed suicide under the new law.
Beerworth said the woman never was diagnosed with a terminal illness; she just was old and had a broken bone.
When her family was not in the room, Beerworth said rehab staff repeatedly asked the elderly woman if she was in pain or depressed; then they would remind her that she could commit doctor-prescribed suicide under the new law.
Beerworth said the woman never was diagnosed with a terminal illness; she just was old and had a broken bone.
Coercion and abuse are major problems in states where assisted suicide
is legal. Beerworth said the Vermont legislation makes it worse by
requiring that every person diagnosed with a terminal illness be told
that they can commit assisted suicide with a doctor’s prescription.
And the pro-euthanasia group Compassion & Choices (formerly the Hemlock Society) hired someone in Vermont to go around to geriatric conferences and senior citizens expos to promote assisted suicide, Beerworth said. On their display table, they give away life savers, she said.
And the pro-euthanasia group Compassion & Choices (formerly the Hemlock Society) hired someone in Vermont to go around to geriatric conferences and senior citizens expos to promote assisted suicide, Beerworth said. On their display table, they give away life savers, she said.
Three
years after Vermont legalized assisted suicide, pro-lifers are
beginning to witness the abusive effects of the law on the elderly and
disabled. Mary Be
lifenews.com
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