Thursday, March 28, 2019

Margaret Dore Lead Witness Against Rhode Island Bill

Rhode Island Capitol

12 WPRI.COM, EYEWITNESS NEWS
The chief opponent of legalizing the practice of medication-assisted death in Rhode Island was not a Rhode Islander, but a lawyer from Washington state named Margaret Dore who runs an organization called Choice is an Illusion.
Don’t make our mistake, Dore told the committee, referring to Washington’s Death with Dignity Act.
She argued that the six-month prognosis is subjective, and patients sometimes live beyond doctors’ expectations. She also said the bill could have unintended consequences, telling a hypothetical story of a son who encourages his terminal father to request the medication just in case, and then persuades or forces him into taking the drug at home.
Dad dies, and the death certificate will reflect a terminal disease as the cause of death and the son will inherit, she said.

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Thursday, December 6, 2018

Sunday, November 4, 2018

Margaret Dore and Dawn Eskew Take the Lead Against Flawed Hospice Act

Margaret Dore with
Dawn Eskew
The "Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act," bills H.R. 1676 and S. 693, were proposed in 2017 and viewed as noncontroversial. 

In July 2018, H.R. 1676 passed the House. The bill was then received in the Senate and transferred to the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, which was also considering S. 693.

A week later, the Office of the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) issued a portfolio highly critical of the Medicare hospice benefit. This alerted Dore to some of the bills' problems.

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Margaret Dore Makes a Difference in Portugal

Nancy Elliott
On May 29, 2018, Portugal’s parliament rejected a bill that would have legalized euthanasia. Prior to the vote, hundreds of people protested in front of the parliament building, carrying placards, including "Euthanasia is a recipe for elder abuse."

This prompted Nancy Elliott, Chair of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, to make the following statement:

Thursday, May 3, 2018

Margaret Dore Testifies Against New York Bill


Margaret Dore, testifying against Bill A.2383-A, seeking to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia in New York State. Click photo to view video.

Monday, October 30, 2017

Margaret Dore Featured by Hope Australia

Margaret Dore, an experienced attorney specialising in elder law in Washington State, where assisted suicide is legal, has urged Victorian MPs “to reject the proposed bill seeking to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia.”

Her analysis of the purported "Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017," which would legalise euthanasia as well as assisted suicide, can be read in full here.