DPS in the Globe, VOTE IMMEDIATELY and WRITE today

Today the Globe Magazine "covered" Doctor-Prescribed Suicide. Before you do anything else, I need you to vote in the poll which accompanies the article. When I voted, the opponents of Doctor-Prescribed Suicide were at 8% (you'll see why when you read the article). Here is the link. http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2012/04/29/death_with_dignity_act/   Please vote immediately and spread the word.   After you vote, you should read the article and consider writing a Letter to the Editor or posting a comment. The article starts with a picture of the woman who had to get her father well enough to go back to Oregon so he could kill himself. We saw her at the State House and on the Emily Rooney show. I expect she'll be all over TV ads come fall. There are three other pictures in the article. The one of the proponent is a beautiful cameo. The one of our beautiful nurse is so unflattering even those of us who know her well wouldn't recognize her.   We need letters to the Editor countering the Globe slant. letter@globe.com     Deb O'Hara Rusckowski, John Kelly, and Mark Rollo make excellent points. You could write reiterating or elaborating on one of their points or you could refute some of the points made by the other side.   The box explaining the procedure is noticeable. It stops when the lethal prescription is picked up. That way it doesn't have to deal with lack of safeguards, the indignity involves ingesting 100 capsules, etc.   Also, their polls claim everyone supports DPS when, in fact, it has failed to pass at least 125 times in State Legislatures and four times as a ballot question. It has been voted into only two states.   Twice they stress that the doctor must judge the person making the request to be competent, but no mention is made of whether the doctor must check for and treat depression.   The following links are amazingly helpful. I had planned to send them to you anyway but you will see they are just what we need for responding to the Globe.   Please send us a copy of your letter and any letters you can encourage others to write.   This is very important!  letter@globe.com Thank you, Anne http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erzYKNrsx_I  Barbara Wagner with a copy of the letter http://www.vaeh.org/pages/Links.htm, one of Vermont's ads http://nodoctorprescribedsuicide.com/2011/10/27/video-washington-ads/  from Washington state http://www.dredf.org/assisted_suicide/18_Oregon_abuses.pdf, not a video but excellent http://euthanasia.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=000190, http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2005/10/how_does_assisted_suicide_work.html, http://www.pccef.org/articles/art44.htm, effect on participating physicians   And, of course, our favorites, Massachusetts Alliance Against Doctor Prescribed Suicide http://stopassistedsuicide-ma.com/     Patients Right Council, http://www.patientsrightscouncil.org/site/