EILEEN FELDMAN - "Death With Dignity?"

This forum will revolve around Ballot Question 2, a statewide initiative to legalize assisted suicide. How would this impact lower income and vulnerable people in Massachusetts?  Only 2 out of 25 states who have considered this measure voted it in- Oregon and Washington.  Are things working out as well as proponents say they are, for the 99% in Oregon and Washington?

Eileen Feldman is a disability rights activist since childhood, having been born with a so-called "terminal" condition that made her unable to go out and play.  She enjoyed a career as a pianist and arts therapist until about 15 years ago when other illnesses and legal blindness brought her activism off the concert stage and into hospitals, hospice, other institutions, and the more politicized municipal arena. She is on the steering committee of Second Thoughts, who are people with disabilities opposing the legalization of assisted suicide.