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Hartford Courant’s Alison Cross conducted interviews on both sides of the assisted suicide debate, reporting one advocate against the proposed bill saying “that aid-in-dying opponents, especially those in the state’s disabled community, fear that a ‘right to die could become for them a duty to die,’ as the burden of care and treatment costs pile … Continue reading Disability Advocate Cathy Ludlum Quoted in Hartford Courant As 2024 Assisted Suicide Battle Begins →

A Holiday Message: You Lift Us Up

December 29, 2023Our News & Commentary BlogDiane Coleman

People sometimes wonder if the subjects Not Dead Yet deals with get us down. But the reality is that you lift us up – every time you share the message that we are NOT “better dead than disabled,” every time you fight for the healthcare and supports we need, every time you prove our inherent DIGNITY … Continue reading A Holiday Message: You Lift Us Up →

Anita Cameron’s Remarks Before the New York State Bar Association Task Force

December 28, 2023aid in dying, Anita Cameron, assisted suicide, health disparities, MAID, medical discrimination, New York, Our News & Commentary Blog, racism, TestimonyAnita Cameron, assisted suicide, medical aid in dying, NY State Bar Assn.Diane Coleman

Anita Cameron’s Remarks Before the New York State Bar Association Task Force on Medical Aid in Dying November 17, 2023 Good morning. I’m Anita Cameron, Director of Minority Outreach for Not Dead Yet, a national, grassroots disability organization opposed to medical discrimination, healthcare rationing, euthanasia and assisted suicide. Assisted suicide laws are dangerous because though … Continue reading Anita Cameron’s Remarks Before the New York State Bar Association Task Force →

NDY’s Written Submission To the NY State Bar Assn. Task Force On Medical Aid in Dying

December 18, 2023"death with dignity", assisted suicide, elder abuse, Oregon Assisted Suicide Data, Our News & Commentary Blogaid in dying, assisted suicide, MAID, NY State Bar Assn., Oregon Assisted Suicide DataDiane Coleman

Supplemental Information from Diane Coleman, JD For the New York State Bar Association Medical Aid in Dying Task Force Open Forum November 27, 2023 The following supplemental information includes references and links to substantiate key points in my remarks presented on November 17th on behalf of Not Dead Yet, a national disability organization headquartered in … Continue reading NDY’s Written Submission To the NY State Bar Assn. Task Force On Medical Aid in Dying →

NY Attorney Writes That NY Has A Financial Incentive To Legalize Assisted Suicide

December 14, 2023"death with dignity", ableism, assisted suicide, better dead than disabled, ethics, euthanasia, healthcare rationing, MAID, New York, Our News & Commentary Blogassisted suicide, assisted suicide expansion, euthanasia, medical aid in dyingDiane Coleman

By Lisa Blumberg The usual line of the organizations promoting the legalization of assisted suicide (or medical aid in dying (MAiD) as they like to call it) in New York and elsewhere is as follows: the sole reason for such laws is to prevent “end of life” suffering, that the laws only apply to people … Continue reading NY Attorney Writes That NY Has A Financial Incentive To Legalize Assisted Suicide →