…ent?   “How can I get medicine for pain?” How will the state respond? This phone line, if established, should be limited to information about the law, but the draft language has no clear limits. If any referrals are made, all the referrals suggested above should be made, not only to assisted suicide groups such as Compassion & Choices. Other key resources would include crisis hotlines, law enforcement, and emergency medical services.   Wouldn’t it…

…em carry it out. It’s a deadly form of discrimination and, as our brief says, it violates the Americans with Disabilities Act.” Contacts: Tuesday in Albany: Adam Prizio, Esq., Manager of Government Affairs, Center for Disability Rights Phone: 603-867-4910, Office Phone: 518-320-7100, Email: aprizio@cdrnys.org Anita Cameron, Director of Minority Outreach, Not Dead Yet Phone: 720-413-9064 Email: acameron@notdeadyet.org Not Dead Yet (national office,…

…or more proud.” Anita Cameron, Director of Minority Outreach, Not Dead Yet Phone: 720-413-9064 Email: acameron@notdeadyet.org Cameron notes: “All of the major disability organizations that have taken a position believe that the legalization of assisted suicide is dangerous. It is inherently discriminatory; it opens the way for insurance companies to choose assisted suicide as an option, because it is cheaper than paying for life-saving drugs and t…

…writing to oppose SB 1002. A bill that creates a dedicated, state operated phone line about California’s assisted suicide law is an unnecessary expansion that effectively promotes its usage. The push to create this phone line only serves to emphasize how impossible it is to reconcile the new law with the state’s longstanding duties to prevent suicide and enforce laws prohibiting homicide. There is no way to limit callers to people who are terminal…