No On 2 needs your help now!

Robin Loughman, Chairwoman of No On 2 (called Massachusetts Alliance Against Doctor Prescribed Suicide before they knew the ballot number) has asked me to tell you that the committee is in desperate need of your generosity. They need to raise $50,000 this week.   At first, people think "death with dignity" sounds nice. You and I have been educating hundreds of thousands of people. We will continue and we will all work very hard as Nov 6th draws near. That is not enough for an issue like this!   We have the messages that will win. The only way to get them to enough people is to use TV, which is very expensive. The experts working with No On 2 have a plan that uses TV, radio, and the internet.   We need to help them raise the money to pay for the plan. If we lose, the fall-out will be another Roe v Wade!   Please read the candid analysis below by No On 2. Then go to http://noonquestion2.org/ and invest in life.   You are the best!                                                                                                                         Anne   PS, You can donate on-line or by mail. Any amount will help - $10 or $10,000 are all needed.   No On 2- Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats   Strengths   The strength of those opposed to doctor-prescribed suicide has always been in the ability of those on the ground to utilize existing networks to organize. Further, it is in the diversity of those groups opposed to assisted suicide and their willingness to focus on an issue that binds them together; including disability and patients rights groups, medical professionals and their respective trade organizations, right to life groups, ethnic-affiliated groups, faith-based communities and those that advocate for the poor and those with limited healthcare access.   Weaknesses   Traditionally, the first has been the ability of doctor-prescribed suicide opponents to raise significant funding in a particular state or nationwide. Second has been the ease with which those supportive of assisted suicide legalization have framed this as a "Choice" vs. The Catholic Church debate.  It is important to note that opponents of assisted suicide in Vermont and California have been successful in turning that message frame and achieving victory.     Opportunities     With Question 2 on the ballot there is an opportunity to significantly thwart pro-doctor-prescribed suicide advocates effort to legalize and normalize this practice in the U.S.   There are few other competing measures on the ballot in various states this November that provide the possibility to have as much future impact as Question 2 does upon defeat or passage in Massachusetts.   Threats   Those supporting doctor-prescribed suicide legalization have built a national fundraising advocacy effort trying to position themselves as the experts on end of life issues; when in reality their main purpose is legalization and societal normalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia. Should they succeed in Massachusetts, they will undoubtedly redouble their advocacy and legalization efforts in states like Vermont, California, Montana, Colorado, Arizona and Hawaii. Their campaign will be extremely well funded and we can anticipate them out-raising the No On 2 campaign at minimum 2:1.