Tag Archives: Doctor-prescribed suicide
Massachusetts Medical Society opposes “Question 2”—the doctor-prescribed suicide ballot question
By Dave Andrusko Doctor-prescribed suicide has been affirmatively legalized in only two states, in spite of numerous ballot initiatives, court challenges, and well over one hundred legislative efforts. This is so because coalitions of enormous depth and breadth have sprung
Massachusetts’ “Question 2” would legalize doctor-prescribed suicide
Editor’s note. The following comes from “No On Question 2,” a broad-based Massachusetts coalition against the ballot Question 2,which would legalize assisted suicide in the Commonwealth. September 10 has been designated World Suicide Prevention Day by the World Health Organization.
The Dangerous Assisted Suicide Ballot Measure in Massachusetts: 5 Key Facts
By Jennifer Popik, JD, Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics In Massachusetts, the latest state to face the threat of legalization of physician assisted suicide, the group that promotes doctor prescribed suicide has cleared one hurdle.
Doctor-Prescribed Suicide and the Wisconsin Medical Society
By Barbara Lyons, Executive Director, Wisconsin Right to Life Proponents of doctor-prescribed suicide (also known as assisted suicide) have traveled a long road in attempts to legalize the practice in Wisconsin. In seven consecutive legislative sessions, from 1997 to 2205,