Barbara Coombs Lee at the Montana Supreme Court

Barbara Coombs Lee reporting from the Montana Supreme Court on September 2, 2009 which just heard oral arguments in Baxter v. Montana. For more information, www.compassionandchoices.org

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• Compassion & Choices
• Robert Baxter
• Montana
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[patmdrum]

Thank you so much for the work you are doing!! I only wish FLORIDA could be next to support dignity in dying.

[bcanerday]

Barbara, thank you for the update. I'm looking forward to your additional information on this topic. Having that choice is so important to me. Thanks.

[ronfischler]

thanks for your ongoing work in this important area.

we have to continue to show that these decisions at the end of life should belong to patients and that doctors who serve them are providing comfort care appropriate to that situation, which is an appropriate and helpful role that needs to be legally protected.

ron fischler md

[evs9493]

My thanks as well for your efforts and your clear articulation

of the importance of people having the choice of when

they wish their lives to end.

[honeys1129]

Barbara thanks so much for what you're doing.

[l4t1n0]

Thank you for the update and your hard work, Barbara. I am very immensely grateful that someone is doing something to protect my right to choose how I live and how I die.

[Perrine234]

Compassion doesn't include "suffering with" someone. Compassion is concerned with reducing their suffering and making them feel better.

Paternalism and compassion are mutually exclusive.