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House Judiciary Committee Sends Oregon Style Assisted Suicide Bill to the Full House for a Vote: Please Call Your Representatives and Ask Them to Vote NO.

Posted in Alerts, Vermont Legislature on April 27, 2013 | Comments Off

By an 8-4 vote, the House Judiciary Committee yesterday passed an assisted suicide bill modeled after Oregon’s.  The committee struck several amendments designed to convince members that our law would have better safeguards, as if that were possible anyway. The bill will come to a vote in the full House on Tuesday.  If it passes […]

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Urgent Alert! Please Call Your Representatives Again This Weekend And Please Get Others to Call

Posted in Alerts on April 24, 2013 | Comments Off

In 2007,  Vermont House leaders brought assisted suicide to a floor vote, only because  they were convinced it had the votes to pass.  It ended up failing decisively, because citizens like us told their representatives in no uncertain terms that they did not want this legislation. We are in the same situation now.  It appears […]

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Urgent Alert: Call Your Representatives This Weekend, and Testify at the Public Hearings on Tuesday

Posted in Alerts, Vermont Legislature on April 12, 2013 | Comments Off

NOW is the time to call your representative.  Emails are acceptable, but calls are more effective; and the weekend is the time to find your rep at home.  Contact information is available here: http://www.leg.state.vt.us/legdir/districts.cfm?Body=H. Tell him or her that you do not want legal assisted suicide in Vermont. For talking points, read Donna Scott’s letter […]

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Urgent Alert: VT House Human Services and Judiciary Committees to Take Testimony on S. 77 April 10

Posted in Alerts, Vermont Legislature on April 4, 2013 | Comments Off

Assisted suicide opponents will need to make our presence felt in the State House on April 10 as two Vermont House committees hold hearings on S. 77, the end of life bill passed by the Senate in February. Though the hearings are on that bill, the proponents of assisted suicide do not like it and […]

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Alert: Be Prepared for House Hearings on S. 77

Posted in Alerts on March 22, 2013 | Comments Off

The Senate version of S. 77 has been sent to the House Human Services Committee. To date, there has been no further movement on the Bill, but we expect the House Human Services Committee to begin deliberations on the Bill as early as April 2, 2013. Updates, action alerts and messaging will be sent to […]

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URGENT ALERT! PUBLIC HEARING ON ASSISTED SUICIDE LEGISLATION, TUESDAY, JANUARY 29

Posted in Alerts on January 22, 2013 | Comments Off

There will be a PUBLIC HEARING Tuesday evening, January 29th On Proposed Legislation to Legalize Assisted Suicide in Vermont   Place: House Chamber,Vermont State House in Montpelier, Vermont   Time: from 5pm to 7pm   We need to fill the Chamber with people who oppose this dangerous legislation!  You will need to arrive early, get […]

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Urgent! Legislative Alert!

Posted in Alerts on January 17, 2013 | Comments Off

This is an urgent alert to all Vermonters.   Please contact your senators immediately to express your opposition to legalizing assisted suicide and to ask them to work and vote against it.  You can find contact information on the Vermont Legislature’s website.  For an alphabetical listing, go to http://www.leg.state.vt.us/SenateMain.cfm .  If you aren’t sure who your […]

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