Second Thoughts CT

Advocates against the legalization of assisted suicide The CT disability-rights voice on #AssistedSuicide, #euthanasia, and #MOLST/#POLST Got Second Thoughts?

[Kathy Flaherty @ConnConnection]

Members of PAMAS (Progressives against medical assisted suicide) and @2ndThoughtsCT turned up at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford today to express their opposition to physician-assisted suicide

[Paul Hughes @RA_PaulHughes]

Opponents of aid-in-dying legislation silently make a statement at news conference.

[Kathy Flaherty @ConnConnection]

It’s always disappointing when folks in favor of physician-assisted suicide talk only about the opposition of the Catholic Church and completely ignore the voices of the disability community who are opposed to medical aid-in-dying.

[Not Dead Yet @NotDeadYetUSA]

Connecticut coverage continues: Power & Politics Full Show: Medical aid in dying faces uphill battle (News 12 Connecticut, 01/21/23 – includes great interview with Cathy Ludlum)
https://t.co/O8V00rvbfC

[Not Dead Yet @NotDeadYetUSA]

Cathy Ludlum re assisted suicide: "[I]f you had to fight for preventative care, aggressive treatment and sometimes for your life in the health care system the way we do, you might well come to our side instead.” https://t.co/5fnP4DFCFM

[Paul Hughes @RA_PaulHughes]

Disability rights activist Cathy Ludlum speaking out against medical aid-in-dying legislation ahead of Public Health Committee vote to raise a 2023 version of the bill.

[Greater Boston @GreaterBoston]

Those who need special medical care often feel as though they are a burden—but that means someone made them feel like one, says John Kelly. Join him and guest host @LizNeisloss for a look into physician-assisted suicide. Watch Greater Boston here: https://t.co/SQARqqzmzt

[Patients' Rights Action Fund @PRAFund]

Watch #disabilityrights activist @JohnBrianKelly from @NotDeadYetUSA and @2ndThoughtsMA debate a proponent of #assistedsuicide in this video:
https://t.co/ji7mDbWxPM

#stopassistedsuicide #aidindying #medicalaidindying #deathwithdignity #DisabilityTwitter #Disability

[Second Thoughts CT @2ndThoughtsCT]

Andre Sofair and Barry Wu: Our jobs as doctors is not to end life https://t.co/98gDD7ZRRQ

#noPASct #86SB88 #ctpoltics #ctleg

[Second Thoughts CT @2ndThoughtsCT]

The lack of in-person public hearings has been especially frustrating for those of us who oppose assisted suicide. When disabled people and other progressive opponents are not available in person, it slants the hearing in favor of assisted suicide.

[Katal Center for Equity, Health, & Justice @katalcenter]

New op-ed by @ConnConnection & Jason Wasserman on public hearings in the CT Legislature. They discuss how lawmakers must "engage with the public in good faith" and not take cheap shots at community members to create campaign soundbites.

Read here: https://t.co/kjF1lPYsQd

[Second Thoughts CT @2ndThoughtsCT]

@LindaSue1226 @CTMirror So-called "aid-in-dying" (actually assisted suicide) IS capital punishment for old, ill, and disabled people. It is anything but humane: https://t.co/Bpdw3fnBGS At least some progressive legislators like @MaeFlexer seem to get it.

#noPASct #86SB88 #ctpolitics #ctleg

[Second Thoughts CT @2ndThoughtsCT]

Virtually every Connecticut media outlet has reported on our victory over assisted suicide SB88 by only citing proponents' disappointment while ignoring our work to defeat it. Cathy Ludlum responds forcefully: https://t.co/V6jMNpzLuu

#noPASct #86SB88 #ctpolitics #ctleg

[Not Dead Yet @NotDeadYetUSA]

K. O'Neal re assisted suicide for anorexia nervosa: "[I]f these individuals had received...effective suicide prevention...instead of...a doctor who...appeared to condone & even encourage their more nihilistic impulses, might [they] be alive today?" https://t.co/IgzyQBIAcU

[Patients' Rights Action Fund @PRAFund]

VICTORY IN CONNECTICUT!

#SB88 was defeated in committee yesterday. Thank you to our coalition, our dedicated allies, and fierce advocates in Connecticut for your diligence and hard work again this year!

#stopassistedsuicide #assistedsuicide #aidindying #medicalaidindying

[Kathy Flaherty @ConnConnection]

There’s a certain irony to reading complaints about the use of a parliamentary procedure to defeat a bill when we know that memberships on legislative committees were literally changed to ensure that the bill made it out of committee.

[Kathy Flaherty @ConnConnection]

After the session ends (I know you’re all too busy now) I hope you will take the time to read this which explains how Canada slid down that slippery slope we’ve been warning you about https://t.co/hGxs0hgpWE

[Kathy Flaherty @ConnConnection]

The same group saying that CT’s proposed law is good because it’s limited and has safeguards is literally supporting lawsuits in other states to remove those safeguards. Why would you be so naive as to think they wouldn’t repeat that same pattern here?

[Kathy Flaherty @ConnConnection]

That’s what the folks from groups like @2ndThoughtsCT and Progressives Against Medically Assisted Suicide are asking you to do — look at the impact on entire communities.

[Kathy Flaherty @ConnConnection]

Maybe, just maybe, the fact that this bill has been defeated again will give people more time to have second thoughts about the *systemic* impact of the policy choices they are considering.

[Second Thoughts CT @2ndThoughtsCT]

@News12CT Splitting a committee is not a "rarely-used parliamentary move." It was frequently used by @CTSenateGOP
in 2017 and 2018 to defeat Senate bills when the two parties were at 18-18 parity.

#noPASct #86SB88 #ctpolitics #ctleg