"Medical killing is already occurring in California and elsewhere, which is...
Dear Senators,I am writing to urge you to vote "NO" on SB 128, which seeks to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia.Medical killing is already occurring in California and elsewhere, which is causing...
View ArticleSign Our Petition!
Sign our petition against SB 128:1. Click this link to print a petition.2. Print the petition from the link above, sign it, get your friends and neighbors to sign it, and fax the completed petition...
View ArticleCalifornia Assembly Health Committee: Vote NO on SB 128
I am an attorney from Washington State where assisted suicide is legal. Enclosed please find a memo and attachments in opposition to SB 128. Points include: SB 128 will legalize assisted suicide and...
View ArticleSB 128 Questions & Answers
For more detailed informationclick on these links to see a memo and attachments byattorney Margaret Dore.See also this press release.1. What does SB 128 do?SB 128 seeks to legalize physician-assisted...
View ArticleSB 128 Defeated!
SB 128 Defeated!The bill did not have the votes to go forward in Committee, and is reportedly dead for the year.Special thanks to Nina Rhea, Mike Hodas and everyone else who went the extra mile to...
View Article"Big Business" and Assisted Suicide
By Margaret Dore, Esq., MBA*Assemblyman Roger Hernandez was recently quoted as concerned that big business would use California's assisted suicide proposal, SB 128, to "guide people in that direction,"...
View ArticleCalifornia's Prohibition Against Assisted Suicide Is Constitutional.
Margaret Dore, Esq., MBAA California trial court has upheld the constitutionality of that state's criminal statute prohibiting assisted suicide, which states:Every person who deliberately aids, or...
View ArticleMemo to the California State Assemblymembers: Vote "No" on SB 128.
The original pdf version of this memo has an executive summary and index, which can be viewed here. The attachments can be viewed here.I.INTRODUCTION.I am an attorney in Washington State where assisted...
View ArticleCalifornia's ABX2-15: Governor Not Impressed; Bill Is But A "New Number With...
By Margaret Dore, Esq., MBAOn August 17, 2015, the deceptively named Compassion & Choices unveiled its "new" deceptively named End of Life Option Act to great fanfare in a press credentialed only...
View ArticleUpdated Materials Against ABX2-15
To view a new materials against ABX2-15, click here and here for a memo and its appendix as separate documents.Overview ABX2-15, the “End of Life Option Act,” seeking to legalize physician-assisted...
View ArticleHTML Version: Vote "NO" on ABX2-15.
Below, find an html version of Margaret Dore's legal/policy memo opposing ABX2-15. To view the original memo, click here. If the memo is too large for your computer, click here and here to view it as...
View ArticleABX2-15 Talking Points
By Margaret Dore, Esq., MBAINTRODUCTIONOn August 17, 2015, proponents unveiled Bill No. ABX2-15, which seeks to legalize "aid in dying," a term that means assisted suicide and euthanasia."Assisted...
View ArticleThe Financial Cost of ABX2-15 Could Be "Enormous."
Below please find a memo submitted to the California Assembly Finance Committee by Margaret Dore, Esq., on September 3, 2015. To view the original document as a pdf, please click here. _________I....
View ArticleJohn B. Kelly: Second Thoughts Against ABX2-15
Assemblymember:I hope you will have second thoughts about legalizing assisted suicide in California. Now especially that the California Medical Association secured the removal of any liability clause...
View ArticleNo on ABX2-15: A Response to Comments Made at Recent Committee Hearings.
1. New Mexico no longer allows physician-assisted suicide.2. Under ABX2-15, requiring the patient to meet alone with the doctor as a protection against undue influence, is not necessarily a...
View Article"Baker" Amendments Unenforceable. Bill Still Allows Non-voluntary and...
To view a pdf version, please click here.September 7, 2015Dear Assemblymembers:On September 3, 2015, ABX2-15 was amended at the request of Assemblymember Baker with the goal of assuring voluntary...
View ArticleAssisted Suicide Bill Narrowly Passes Assembly.
NEWS RELEASEFor the original print version, please click here.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 9, 2015Contact: Margaret Dore206-697-1217Sacramento, CA – In light of today’s narrow passage of assisted...
View ArticleGovernor Brown must veto assisted suicide legislation.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 11, 2015 Contact: Margaret Dore206-697-1217Sacramento, CA -- In light of...
View ArticleContact the Governor now to stop assisted suicide/euthanasia.
Outright Lies to Trusting Legislators Gets California Bill to Governor's Desk. Tell Jerry Brown to Veto ABX2-15 Now! Call 916-445-2841!Fax 916-558-3160 Use this form to send an e-mail to Governor...
View ArticleWhy ABX2-15 Must be Vetoed
ABX2-15 seeks to legalize physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia. The bill is a recipe for elder abuse in which a "qualifying" individual may be legally murdered for the money. For more detail, see...
View ArticleChoice is an Illusion News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 22, 2015Contact: Margaret Dore, Esq.206-697-1217To view pdf, click hereSan Francisco, CA -- Opponents of the assisted suicide bill on Governor Jerry Brown's desk spoke...
View ArticleVoices Against Assisted-Suicide
1. Will Johnston, MD, "[My] young adult patient became actively suicidal after watching a Brittany Maynard video.”2. Carolyn McMurray:"Not everyone has family members to protect them."3. Oregon...
View ArticleCalifornia's New Assisted Suicide Law: Whose Choice Will it Be?
http://jurist.org/hotline/2015/10/margaret-dore-physician-assisted-suicide.phpJURIST Guest Columnist Margaret Dore argues that a new law to legalize assisted suicide is a recipe for elder abuse and...
View ArticleLawsuit Filed to Stop California Assisted Suicide Law!
The Life Legal Defense Foundation filed a lawsuit today challenging California's assisted suicide law.The civil rights lawsuit alleges Equal Protection violations of individuals labeled terminally ill...
View ArticleDoc gets 4 years in prison for multi-million dollar hospice scheme
Eileen Decker, US Attorneyhttp://www.mcknights.com/news/doc-gets-4-years-in-prison-for-multi-million-dollar-hospice-scheme/article/517678/Emily Mongan, Staff WriterA California physician who falsely...
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