Maine Rep Sanderson uses NDY testimony against assisted suicide bill LD 347 5-23-17
Channel: Not Dead Yet USA
Date: 07/06/2017

Maine Rep Deborah Sanderson tells the story of Jeanette Hall (without saying her name), who asked for assisted suicide, but agreed to more treatment, and 15 years later she is still cancer free and now opposes the legislation. Sanderson quotes Not Dead Yet's testimony about how the bill encourages people to throw years of their life away instead of getting treatment. We can't know whether there is choice at the death, because no witness is required. She quotes Rep Paul Chace on severe complications from the drugs. 
After testimony, the full House voted the bill down, 85-61, effectively killing the bill for this legislative session.
Jeanette Hall's letter to the Boston Globe is here: http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2011/10/04/she_pushed_for_legal_right_to_die_and___thankfully___was_rebuffed/