Doctor-Prescribed Suicide in Vermont!

DPS has passed in Vermont!  The final vote in the Senate came because an outspoken opponent of DPS flipped.  So the Senate originally passed a bill that didn't change the ways things are now.  Then the House passed Oregon-style language.  Our hope was that the Senate would hold out so the two bills would have to go to Conference Committee to be reconciled - which held great hope.  Vote on Tuesday was ok.  On Wednesday, language was added and passed which makes the Vermont language worse than Oregon.  It is expected that the House will accept this language, which means there will be no conference committee. Our amazing people in Vermont have not given up so the story is not over for sure. As soon as it is over for sure, the death lobby group, Compassion and Choices, formerly the Hemlock Society (which has an amazing PR machine), will be all over the national news claiming that the dam has broken and everyone in the country will soon have the "right" to control his death (most suicides are committed by men). Just remember, when the people spoke, it was to defeat DPS here!  And thank you all again for that vital victory! Anne