A team of medical professionals would need to confirm that the patient has a grave and incurable illness, is suffering from intolerable and untreatable pain, and is seeking lethal medication of their own free will.
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Terminally ill Connecticut woman ends her life on her own terms in Vermont
Lynda Bluestein, who had terminal cancer, ended her life by taking prescribed medication.
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Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Organizers turn to churches in effort to undo abortion and assisted-suicide laws
Large conservative Christian congregations are being enlisted in the drive to put the new laws on hold before they take effect in September.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
New Maine law will allow terminally ill patients to end their lives with medication
Gov. Janet Mills acknowledges a ‘moral dilemma’ as she signs the bill to legalize medication-assisted suicide.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Assisted suicide bill moves closer to passage with 1-vote margin in Maine House
With the bill poised for Senate approval, Gov. Mills could have the final say on whether Maine joins 7 other states that allow a terminally ill patient to request a lethal dose of medication.
Posted inMaine
Analysis: Why Paul LePage is against term limits, red lights and assisted suicide
Gov. Paul LePage clarified his stance on several issues during a radio appearance Thursday morning. After some questions on WGAN-AM about his education proposals which resulted in a repeat of what LePage said Tuesday during a news conference at the State House, the discussion veered and re-veered. There’s not enough time for a complete fact-check or to add […]
Posted inMaine
Paul LePage says he’ll veto ‘death with dignity’ legislation
Republican Gov. Paul LePage says he’ll veto legislation that would allow doctors to prescribe medication that a patient may self-administer to hasten death. AUGUSTA (AP) — Republican Gov. Paul LePage says he’ll veto legislation that would allow doctors to prescribe medication that a patient may self-administer to hasten death. The Legislature’s health and human services […]
Posted inMaine
Maine lawmakers to hear testimony on assisted-suicide bills
AUGUSTA (AP) — Two bills would allow Maine doctors to prescribe medication that a patient may self-administer to hasten death. The Legislature’s health and human services committee is set to hold public hearings Wednesday on bills sponsored by Republican Sen. Roger Katz and Democratic Rep. Jennifer Parker. Katz unsuccessfully tried to pass a similar bill […]
Posted inLetters
Assisted suicide — not for Maine
Physician-assisted suicide is under consideration in the Maine Legislature (LD 347). There have been several attempts to pass such a law in Maine during the past several years and, so far, it has always been rejected. PAS is not good medicine. It puts doctors, who are in their profession to be healers, in a roll […]
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Assisted suicide not right for Maine
On Tuesday, April 4, the Maine Legislature will have public hearings on two nearly identical pieces of legislation dealing with physician-assisted suicide. LD 347 and LD 1066 are versions of the same bill that Maine voters have consistently said no to as far back as 1995 in the Legislature and by a sizable margin when […]