Monday, October 28, 2019

Assisting Persons Can Have an Agenda

By Margaret Dore, Esq., MBA

Morant
Persons assisting a suicide or euthanasia can have an agenda. Consider Tammy Sawyer, trustee for Thomas Middleton in Oregon. Two days after his death by legal assisted suicide, she sold his home and deposited the proceeds into bank accounts for her own benefit.[1] Consider also Graham Morant, convicted of counseling his wife to kill herself in Australia, to get the life insurance.[2] The Court found:
[Y]ou counselled and aided your wife to kill herself because you wanted ... the 1.4 million.[3]

If New York Follows Oregon, the Proposed Act Will Apply to Young Adults with Diabetes

Dr. Toffler
The Medical Aid in Dying Act (Bills A 2694 and S 3947) applies to individuals with a terminal illness or condition expected to produce death within six months. The Act states:
Terminal illness or condition” means an incurable and irreversible illness or condition that has been medically confirmed and will, within reasonable medical judgment, produce death within six months. (Emphasis added).[1]
Oregon’s law has a similar criteria, as follows: