Hi, This is urgent!   The Senate Bill 693/House Bill 1676 —  because of its flaws — will promote a form of palliative care that will include “Medical Aid in Dying” aka “Physican-assisted suicide” aka euthanasia (when the patient cannot take the lethal medications himself or herself! They will not say openly what they are doing, but this will be the result. How is this possible? The euthanasia proponents — Compassion & Choices among them — have worked for years to re-define what is accepted medical practice. They have worked to say that “aid in dying” or “assisted-suicide” actually is a valid medical intervention! This is contrary to all prior traditional standards of care, medical ethics, but is consistent with utilitarian secular bioethics that condones the killing off of the unwanted who are considered (as the Nazis said) “life unworthy of life.” When terms are re-defined, the ordinary understanding of the Bill’s language is completely opposite to what will actually occur. We have warned for years that the “golden prize” the euthanasia zealots seek is nationwide legalization of euthanasia.  Patients will openly, legally be put to death in hospices all over the country. The Bill must include definitions of what palliative care and hospice actually are and what they are not! Without an express prohibition in the language of the Bill forbidding the practice of “Medical Aid in Dying,” “Physician Assisted Suicide,” “Sedation into death,” or imposed death of any kind, these practices will be legalized!  That is their plan. The Bill does not define what abuses within palliative care or hospice actually are!  Without express penalties for abuses within palliative care or hospice settings, the government authorities will have no way to enforce the standards of care and prevent medical murder! Without the establishment of a specific national center that would take complaints about palliative care or hospice abuses, this Bill will not protect your lives! We need you to call your Senators now and explain these specific points to them. You can get your Senators’ contact information here. Some Senate staff may say they are not aware of the abuses within hospice or palliative care settings.  Let them know about your experiences and also about the Hospice Patients Alliance accounts of abuses within hospice listed at the end of the Stealth Euthanasia book and also at the “Main Topics” section on tragic stories of abuse within hospice.  Tell them: 

• The Bill must define what palliative care or hospice is and what these are not!
  

• The Bill must define what abuse of palliative care or hospice is and what penalties will be applied when they occur.
  

• The Bill must prohibit “medical aid in dying,” “physician-assisted suicide,” “sedation into death,” or any medical killing.