Connecticut Court Dismisses Assisted Suicide Lawsuit

Compassion and Choices (C & C), the nation’s leading proponent of euthanasia, lost in its bid to have a Connecticut trial court overturn Connecticut’s law which prohibits assisted suicide. What C & C was trying to accomplish in this suit was to redefine what constitutes assisted suicide by giving it a new legal name, “aid in dying.” The court rejected this argument, ruling that the legislature clearly intended to prohibit physician-assisted suicide when it was made a criminal act.
Bottom line: C & C’s commonly-used rhetoric that “aid in dying” is not really “assisted suicide” fell by the wayside. C & C is considering an appeal of the decision.

Euthanasia advocates are now 0 for 3 in 2010 with massive losses in the New Hampshire and Canadian legislatures and now in a Connecticut court. It has been an incredibly good year for the lives of those who would be victimized by assisted suicide and euthanasia.

Barbara Lyons