Legalized Assisted Suicide Imminent Danger in Vermont.(Legislation)

Vermont pro-lifers have been successfully resisting the push toward euthanasia in our little state for decades. In fact, since the first so-called "Death with Dignity" bill was introduced in Vermont in 1976, a bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide has never reached the floor of the House or Senate for a vote despite numerous attempts.

The organizations supporting the measures have changed their name too many times to countfrom the Hemlock Society to Death with Dignity to End of Life Choicesand the bill has now been renamed "Patient Choice and Control at End of Life," all without changing one word of the original language. It is still physician-assisted suicide no matter how they try to hide their real agenda. But, despite their calculated cleverness over the years, the suicide proponents always came up empty handed at the end of each legislative session.

However, for the past three years national euthanasia organizations have focused their deadly desires like a laser beam on this small state.

The drive to legalize physician-assisted suicide has suffered defeat after defeat in state after state throughout the 10 years since Oregon became the only state to legalize the deadly practice.

So, why are the pro-death forces looking to Vermont for a desperately needed win in order to revive their failed propositions? Consider the following:

* Vermont is well-known as a breeding ground for radical ideas.

* Vermont is such a small state that it is easy and inexpensive to co-opt public opinion as long as national organizations are willing to pour large ...