The Wisconsin Medical Society is trying to slip one under the door on FRIDAY, AUGUST 14.
Resolution 14 - Introduced by James Allen, M.D.
The "Ethics Committee" of the Wisconsin Medical Society is hearing and voting on a resolution in support of physician-assisted suicide on Friday, Aug 14.
Here are some hair-raising snippets:
RESOLVED, That the Wisconsin Medical Society supports state legislation allowing physicians to prescribe life-ending medications for such patients, upon the request of a mentally competent terminally ill patient, after consultation and written confirmation by another physician; and be it further
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RESOLVED, That our Wisconsin Medical Society delegation to the American Medical Association submit a resolution to the 2009 AMA House of Delegates Annual Meeting to encourage all the states to introduce such Death with Dignity legislation.
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Contact the Wisconsin Medical Society.
Contact Secretary Merry Earll to express your ABSOLUTE OPPOSITION to the deadly Resolution 14 to legalize euthanasia.
Toll-Free:
1- 866-442-3800
1-800-762-8975
1-866-442-3810
1-866-442-3820
Email: merry.earll@wismed.org
Fax: 608-442-3802
Write to the Ethics Committee Chair - Dr. Martha Rolli. (It is my understanding she supports Resolution 14. )
6 comments:
Just a quick note: You ask people to express their opposition to "the deadly Resolution 14 to legalize euthanasia". But to be clear, this Resolution doesn't have the ability to legalize anything. It merely aims to express the WMS's agreement with the "principle" of "death with dignity", as well as its support of the passing of such legislation.
The passing of this resolution would have no impact on the current illegality of euthanasia in Wisconsin.
Is that Dr. Martha Rolli's home address?
The passing of this resolution would have no impact on the current illegality of euthanasia in Wisconsin.
Your right in the sense that lighting a fuse is not to immediately ignite an explosion. Per their site, the Wisconsin Medical Society:
"has been a trusted source for health policy leadership since 1841.
Representing physicians at the Capitol is a key component of that effort."
So.....if people who care sit on their thumbs, the society will be emboldened to continue you on. And given the climate, that is not a good thing. Unless, of course, one thinks the value of a human depends on a specific attribute or ability rather than the essence of the life itself.
a key variable is whether the "value of a human" is diminished by the kinds of "long dehumanizing
dying process[es]" this kind of legislation is meant to mitigate.
a key variable is whether the "value of a human" is diminished by the kinds of "long dehumanizing
dying process[es]" this kind of legislation is meant to mitigate. Based on the lived experience of the Dutch, I really don't think we want to go down this dark road. Initially, it was "mercy killing" at the terminal patient's consent. Then, in 2002 it moved from terminally ill patients with cancer to infants and newborns--the merciful act was now being made without the consent of the patient and was motivated by intolerance rather than "mercy." (http://www.zenit.org/article-11006?l=english)
This and a host of other results should frighten any sane person. We've got to look eight, ten steps ahead and see where this rhetorically beautiful path will eventually lead.
It is opening pandoras box.
I've had close family members where this could apply. It's tough road and hard to see and harder for the person who is ill. However, having that time, even if it is painful is comforting to know you have a few more days, weeks, months left to share and connect.
Anon#2
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