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Massachusetts Assisted Suicide Hearing Video and Written Testimonies

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Representatives of Not Dead Yet, Second Thoughts Massachusetts and other people with disabilities testified in opposition to a proposed bill to legalize assisted suicide at a hearing held on October 20th before the Joint Committee on Public Health of the Massachusetts legislature. Witnesses were given only two minutes each for oral testimony and could also submit written … Continue reading Massachusetts Assisted Suicide Hearing Video and Written Testimonies →

HHS Requests Public Comments and Stories of Discrimination in Healthcare

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The federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing important and beneficial new regulations under Section 504 to clarify how the law prohibits healthcare discrimination based on disability. The notice of proposed regulations from the federal government is full of examples of disability discrimination by healthcare providers. For example, based on a report … Continue reading HHS Requests Public Comments and Stories of Discrimination in Healthcare →

Press Release: NDY Director of Minority Outreach Testifies Against MA Assisted Suicide Bill

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Contact: John Kelly 617-952-3302 (10/20/23, Boston, MA) Nationally renowned disability activist Anita Cameron testified at a hearing this morning before the Joint Committee on Public Health of the Massachusetts legislature in opposition to a proposed bill to legalize assisted suicide. Witnesses were given only two minutes each. This is her testimony: Testimony against H. 2246/S. … Continue reading Press Release: NDY Director of Minority Outreach Testifies Against MA Assisted Suicide Bill →

Lonnie VanHook Tells Why He’s A Plaintiff In A Case To Overturn California’s Assisted Suicide Law

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Not Dead Yet is part of a groundbreaking federal lawsuit to overturn the California assisted suicide law. Lonnie VanHook is also one of the plaintiffs in this case which was brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act to overturn this law as a deadly form of discrimination. Everyone who dies by assisted suicide is disabled, … Continue reading Lonnie VanHook Tells Why He’s A Plaintiff In A Case To Overturn California’s Assisted Suicide Law →

Progressive and Disability Opposition to Assisted Suicide Covered in The New Journal

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It’s very rare to see even lengthy articles about assisted suicide include more than relatively brief acknowledgement of opposing voices from the disability community and rarer still from other progressives. Therefore, we were impressed to see the Yale University student newspaper, The New Journal, publish an extensive pro/con article by Anouk Yeh featuring substantial discussion … Continue reading Progressive and Disability Opposition to Assisted Suicide Covered in The New Journal →