Please give some thought to those who are unable to walk, talk, swallow, breathe or have other symptoms due to a terminal illness. They are entitled to dignity of life, of not suffering for possibly three, four, five or more months.
I have had a sister who had ALS, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) and she suffered for months. If Massachusetts had passed H 1926 Senate docket No. 1208 like other states, she and others would have had the right to die with the dignity her long nurse’s life earned her for helping others.
To make it clear, this is not suicide. If you research the procedures that it takes to follow through with making this decision, you will understand and maybe see why other states have adopted this choice.
Please notify your representatives in Massachusetts that we want to join the other nine states that have adopted the Right to Die with Dignity bill, and not suffer in our final moments here on earth. In doing so you may be helping a loved one, a neighbor or yourself.
Tom Travis
Greenfield