Dear Judiciary Members:
I am a probate attorney from Washington State
where assisted suicide is, unfortunately, legal.
I recently saw an ad by “Compassion and Choices”
which contained an over-the-top depiction of a doctor in handcuffs. This
ad is appalling, even by the low standards of Compassion in Choices.
(Compassion and Choices is a successor organization of the Hemlock Society,
originally founded by Derek Humphry. In 2011, Humphry was keynote speaker
and Compassion and Choices annual meeting here in Washington. He was also in the news as
a promoter of mail-order suicide kits after a 29 year old man used one of the
kits to commit suicide).*
HB 505 is needed to protect seniors and others from the
ultimate in financial and physical abuse. I urge you to vote YES.
Thank you.
Theresa Schrempp
Seattle, WA
* For supporting authority and more information, go here: http://www.montanansagainstassistedsuicide.org/2012/12/compassion-choices-is-successor.html