"I was not surprised to learn that the VA panel of experts that sought to update "Your Life, Your Choices" between 2007-2008 did not include any representatives of faith groups or disability rights advocates. And as you might guess, only one organization was listed in the new version as a resource on advance directives: the Hemlock Society (now euphemistically known as "Compassion and Choices")"
For more background on the Hemlock Society (Hemlock is a poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium) read this great expose -- http://www.normemma.com/advocacy/arhemloc.htm
A brief quote from said expose -- "What can those of us who sympathize with a justified suicide by a handicapped person do to help? When we have statutes on the books permitting lawful physician aid-in-dying for the terminally ill, I believe that along with this reform there will come a more tolerant attitude to the other exceptional cases."
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