Introduction to Topic, Justice William Polito (Ret. NYS Sup. Ct) &

Dramatic Presentation: Prewar Germany, Assisted Suicide in Historical Context, Kevin O'Brien, Theatre of the Word, Inc.

 

Assisted Suicide in Subsequent Current Municipalities & Through Verbal Engineering: Effect on Religious Freedom and Conscience, Wesley J. Smith, Esq., Discovery Institute

 

Current Law, Case law, and NYS Legislative Proposals for Assisted Suicide: Burke Balch, J.D., Powell Center for Medical Ethics

 

Effects of Legalized Assisted Suicide on Change of Patient's Relationship with the Medical Profession and Health Care System, Ryan Anderson, PhD, Heritage Foundation

 

A Disability Rights and Social Justice Perspective Against Assisted Suicide, Diane Coleman, J.D., President & CEO, Not Dead Yet

 

Current Palliative Care Renders Assisted Suicide Unnecessary, M. Peter Lillian DiMaria, O.Carm, Avila Institute of Gerontology and Palliative Care

 

 

Conference Panel, Kevin O'Brien, Wesley J. Smith, Burke Balch, Ryan Anderson, Diane Coleman, M. Peter Lillian DiMaria

 

Conference Co-Sponsors:

St. Thomas More Lawyers Guild of Rochester Inc, Finger Lakes Guild of Catholic Medical Association, Finger Lakes Chapter of the NYS Knights of Columbus, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rochester, Feminists for Nonviolent Choices, Rochester Area Right to Life, Leo Holmsten Human Life Committee, New Yorker’s Family Research Foundation, First Bible Baptist Church, New Yorkers for Life, Feminists Choosing Life of NY, and Democrats for Life