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DREDF Files Amicus Brief On Behalf of 12 Disability Groups In Euthanasia Case

October 28, 2022aid in dying, amicus brief, assisted suicide, court cases, court decisions, courts, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, end-of-life options bills, euthanasia, Our News & Commentary Blogassisted suicide, court cases, Dredf, euthanasia, Friend of the Court BriefDiane Coleman

The Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund Just Announced: DREDF Files Amici Brief in Case Seeking to Eliminate Key Safeguard in California’s End of Life Options Act. On October 24, 2022, DREDF filed a brief as amicus curiae (PDF) on its own behalf and on behalf of 11 additional disability rights organizations in support of … Continue reading DREDF Files Amicus Brief On Behalf of 12 Disability Groups In Euthanasia Case →

Lisa Blumberg: Promoting the Better Dead Than Disabled Ethos to Kids

October 25, 2022"death with dignity", ableism, ageism, aid in dying, assisted suicide, better dead than disabled, Canada, euthanasia, hospice, Lisa Blumberg, MAID, Our News & Commentary Blogassisted suicide, Canadian Virtual Hospice, children's activity book, euthanasia, Lisa BlumbergDiane Coleman

Canada has the broadest euthanasia law in the world. Both people who are ill and people who have disabilities deemed to cause them to suffer may request that a doctor or nurse practitioner provide them with a drug induced death. (1) Alan Nichols, a 61-year-old man with a history of depression was euthanized, over the … Continue reading Lisa Blumberg: Promoting the Better Dead Than Disabled Ethos to Kids →

Response: “Neurologic Diseases and MAiD” in The American Journal of Bioethics

August 30, 2022"death with dignity", "end of life", ableism, advocacy, aid in dying, Americans with Disabilities Act, assisted suicide, bioethics, euthanasia, Our News & Commentary BlogADA, aid in dying, assisted suicide, bioethics, euthanasiaDiane Coleman

Jules Good writes in response to “Neurologic Diseases and MAiD: Aid-In-Dying Laws Create an Underclass of Patients Based on Disability” by Lonny Shavelson, Thaddeus M. Pope, Margaret Pabst Battin, Alicia Oulette & Benzi Kluger, published in The American Journal of Bioethics 16 August 2022: Legal assisted suicide puts disabled people in danger of being killed … Continue reading Response: “Neurologic Diseases and MAiD” in The American Journal of Bioethics →

Jules Good: An Important Article On Euthanasia of Disabled People in Canada

August 23, 2022"death with dignity", aid in dying, assisted suicide, Canada, cost containment, euthanasia, Jules Good, Our News & Commentary Blogassisted suicide, Canada, euthanasia, Jules GoodDiane Coleman

A little over a year after the passage of Bill C-7, which expanded access to Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) in Canada to people whose natural deaths are not “reasonably foreseeable,” we are seeing the dangerous effects of this legislation for disabled people. As more data becomes available about who is using MAiD and how … Continue reading Jules Good: An Important Article On Euthanasia of Disabled People in Canada →

DREDF Issues Statement On Court Decision In California Euthanasia Case

June 23, 2022"death with dignity", Americans with Disabilities Act, assisted suicide, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, dredf, end-of-life options bills, euthanasia, MAID, Our News & Commentary Blogassisted suicide, assisted suicide expansion, court cases, court decision, Dredf, euthanasiaDiane Coleman

DREDF Applauds District Court Decision Dismissing Complaint Seeking To Eliminate Fundamental Protections in California’s End of Life Options Act DREDF applauds the June 22, 2022, decision by federal district court Judge Vince Chhabria to dismiss the complaint in Shavelson v. California Department of Health Care Services, a case that seeks to eliminate the self-administration requirement … Continue reading DREDF Issues Statement On Court Decision In California Euthanasia Case →