…mer’s patients (Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11/19/16) Why Dan Diaz Says Late Wife Brittany Maynard Would Be ‘Especially’ Happy About Colorado Right-to-Die Victory (People Magazine, 11/17/16) After Colorado, ‘Right To Die’ Movement Eyes New Battlegrounds (Kaiser Health News, 11/9/16) McGovern: Right to die suit may be what the doctor ordered (Boston Herald, 10/27/16) Assisted-Suicide Fight Moves to Colorado (Wall Street Journal, 10/16/16) How Advocates Fo…
…readers are very aware of how one-sided the majority of coverage has been. Brittany Maynard’s Storybook Ending (Townhall.com, 11/4/14) Marilyn Golden of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund fears that Maynard’s storyline will create “suicide contagion” as other young people, even those who are not terminally ill, see her as a model. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, “more than 50 research studies worldwide have foun…
…ividual terminal prognosis. Disability advocates are deeply sympathetic to Brittany Maynard, and all people suffering a terminal, serious or chronic illness. Legalization of assisted suicide often looks acceptable when the focus is solely on an individual. “However, not every terminal prognosis is correct, not everyone’s doctors know how to deliver expert palliative care, and not everyone has a loving husband and family. A closer examination of th…
…talking about people like us. Emma Wilson: Well, let me bring this back to Brittany Maynard, because that’s the reason we’ve been discussing it again, it has been discussed, but we’re talking here about a 29-year-old woman..uh..uh..uh, I mean, she spoke very freely..uh, about why she was choosing to do this, you could see she had the drug, she carried it around, um, she sort of set a date, she talked about her quality of life, where she would die,…
…Education & Defense Fund and Second Thoughts are available for interviews. Brittany Maynard’s personal story has ignited the debate around assisted suicide legalization. Most recently, Maynard’s husband appeared in an interview alongside the president of Compassion & Choices, formerly the Hemlock Society, to push legalization. Disability advocates are deeply sympathetic to all people with a terminal illness, facing the difficulties that lie ahead….
