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Amy Hasbrouck’s Powerful Message to NCD Urges U.S. Disability Leadership Against the Global Threat of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Laws

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Dear NCD members: I have been a member of the board of Not Dead Yet in the United States since 2000.  I am also the director of Toujours Vivant-Not Dead Yet, a project of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities Ending of Life Ethics Committee to inform, unify and give voice to the disability rights … Continue reading Amy Hasbrouck’s Powerful Message to NCD Urges U.S. Disability Leadership Against the Global Threat of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Laws →

NDY Urges National Council on Disability to Reissue Position Paper on Assisted Suicide

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The National Council on Disability (NCD) is meeting today.  Many years ago, NCD invited me to attend one of its meetings to debate Hemlock Society co-founder Derek Humphry.  A few months later, NCD issued a groundbreaking and highly persuasive position paper opposing legalization of assisted suicide.  Today, Not Dead Yet is urging NCD to re-issue … Continue reading NDY Urges National Council on Disability to Reissue Position Paper on Assisted Suicide →

National Council on Disability Will Consider Proposal to Address Health Care Decisions Policies that Threaten the Lives of People With Disabilities

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The National Council on Disability met on May 6th at the Ed Roberts Campus in San Francisco.  This is a presidentially appointed Council that advises the Administration on disability policy.  The Council always offers opportunities for public comment, and NDY has been asking NCD to help lead efforts to address abuses in health care decisions … Continue reading National Council on Disability Will Consider Proposal to Address Health Care Decisions Policies that Threaten the Lives of People With Disabilities →