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VCIL Opposes Physician-Assisted Suicide

• VT H.44 Doctor-assisted-death bill defeated
• VCIL Position Paper on H. 44
• National Disability Organizations Against Assisted Suicide
• The Risks of Legalization
• Oregon's Death with Dignity Act: Spurious Safeguards
• Oregon's Death with Dignity Act: Flimsy Reporting, No Regulation
• Oregon's Death with Dignity Act: Pro-Suicide Doctors
• Oregon Palliative Care Study Article
• Oregon Physician-Assisted Suicide: Theory vs. Practice
• Oregon Physician-Assisted Suicide: Theory vs. Practice Summary Table
• Vermont Polls - Measurement or Manipulation?
• End of Life and Pain Management Resources
• Draft Cover Memo Upon the Reissuance of the NCD Statement Opposing Legalization of Assisted Suicide - DIANE COLEMAN, J.D.
• Comments submitted by VCIL.org readers:
  - An Unlevel Playing Field with H.44
  - Doctors Don't Know Everything - a "Medical Marvel"
  - A Conundrum
  - Life With Dignity
  - A Matter of Dignity
  - Submit your own comments via our comment form.

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Second commercial against physician-assisted suicide: "Physician-assisted suicide. A line we must not cross."

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Third commercial against physician-assisted suicide: "Physician-assisted suicide is not an answer to the healthcare crisis."

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