The Vermont House of Representatives just voted down the bill to legalize assisted suicide. The vote was 83-62. This is a real victory. Behind the scenes, it looked bleak for awhile. But here is a verite: The more people learn about assisted suicide, the less they tend to support it.
Hawaii and Vermont are down (for now): California yet to go.
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