Physician-Assisted Suicide Bill in the Spotlight Today

By On February 5, 2013 · 4 Comments

Proponents of physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients are holding a news conference today at the state Capitol complex.

The 1 p.m. event will feature national advocates and state lawmakers who support a bill that would permit physician-assisted suicide in Connecticut. Opponents, including the Family Institute of Connecticut and the Catholic Church, say they will fight the bill.

 

 
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4 Responses to Physician-Assisted Suicide Bill in the Spotlight Today

  1. Connecticut is dying too says:
    February 5, 2013 at 10:58 am

    Is this the physician’s right to choose bill?

  2. enness says:
    February 5, 2013 at 1:58 pm

    It is shameful that we even consider death a solution to these people’s very real needs. Even with the flimsy so-called “safeguards” it is ripe for abuse.

    I’m sure the push for a quick fix could have nothing whatsoever to do with the debt our state is in, could it?

  3. Rev. Douglas K. Peary says:
    February 5, 2013 at 6:40 pm

    I spoke at the conference today and no one supported physician assisted suicide or Euthanasia. This was all about mentally competent people ending pain and suffering when they are already dying. I don’t understand why people want to twist the idea of help into suicide or Euthanasia. I’m sorry that some of you choose to see dying people to suffer for weeks and months on end. Where do your morals come from.

  4. Lou says:
    February 5, 2013 at 7:58 pm

    If death is eminent, and the dying person wants to end his/her pain, granting that person the wish to die is the most compassionate thing to do.

    Perhaps some religious beliefs resist the thought of ending a suffering person’s life.