Friday night, I got a phone call from a woman who said that a Minnesota hospital had stated its plan for Monday at 1:00 pm to discontinue providing oxygen to her friend, Catie, a woman with lung cancer who stated that she wants to live and keep getting oxygen. NDY sometimes gets calls like this … Continue reading What Can We Do When A Hospital Plans To Involuntarily Withdraw Life Support?
Not Dead Yet is deeply concerned by the New York Legislature’s failure to protect people with disabilities from discrimination in the budget passed this week. Despite widespread criticism from the disability community, the Legislature incorporated language in the budget authorizing the state to use third party assessments, including those relying on the discriminatory and harmful Quality Adjusted Life … Continue reading NDY Demands Prohibition On Use of QALYs To Limit Health Coverage
In the Bangor Daily News: I can’t believe I’m still fighting against assisted suicide By Mike Reynolds, Special to the BDN • April 9, 2019 In what seems like a lifetime ago, I began my activism against assisted suicide in a small dorm on the University of Maine campus in Orono, never imagining that I’d still be … Continue reading Mike Reynolds’ Op-Ed Published On the Eve of Maine Assisted Suicide Hearing
For the 5th time in 7 years, disability rights advocates, led by Second Thoughts CT , have thwarted a Connecticut bill – this time it was HB 5898 – to legalize assisted suicide. Not Dead Yet provided testimony and social media support, and New England Regional Director John Kelly joined the radio show “The Full … Continue reading VICTORY IN CT! Second Thoughts CT leads successful effort to stop assisted suicide bill in committee
PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE Testimony regarding HB 5898 An Act Concerning Aid in Dying for Terminally Ill Patients March 18, 2019 Senator Abrams, Rep. Steinberg, and members of the Public Health Committee: My name is Cathy Ludlum, and I am one of the leaders of Second Thoughts Connecticut, a group of people with disabilities and allies … Continue reading Cathy Ludlum: “We will be the collateral damage” of assisted suicide
