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Please Help Progressives Create a Documentary About the Dangers of Medical Assisted Suicide

[Editor’s note: Not Dead Yet endorses and is supporting this film project.] By Joan Cavanagh, Member, Progressives Against Medical Assisted Suicide Public discussion about the realities of Medical Assisted Suicide (MAS) is critical. The practice is increasingly becoming normalized as a “health care” option and already inadequate safeguards and restrictions in existing laws are being … Continue reading Please Help Progressives Create a Documentary About the Dangers of Medical Assisted Suicide

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

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