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NDY, DREDF, Disability & Patient Rights Groups Oppose Lawsuit To Expand Assisted Suicide Law

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For Immediate Release: September 2, 2021 Disability, Patients’ Rights Groups Issue Joint Statement Opposing the Expansion of Assisted Suicide in Observance of Suicide Prevention Month Berkeley, California – In observance of Suicide Prevention Month this September, disability and patients’ rights leaders from California and across the United States joined together in solidarity to voice clear, … Continue reading NDY, DREDF, Disability & Patient Rights Groups Oppose Lawsuit To Expand Assisted Suicide Law →

Not Dead Yet Joins National Call To Repair Or Replace Recalled Breathing Devices

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Not Dead Yet Joins National Call To Repair Or Replace Recalled Breathing Devices [Rochester, NY, August 26, 2021] Today, Not Dead Yet joined in a letter from individuals who depend on recalled ventilators and other breathing devices manufactured by Philips Respironics, along with over two dozen disability organizations, demanding that Philips repair or replace the … Continue reading Not Dead Yet Joins National Call To Repair Or Replace Recalled Breathing Devices →

Second Thoughts Press Release On Continuing Danger of Massachusetts Assisted Suicide Bill

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For Immediate Release:                                  June 2, 2020 Contact: John B. Kelly 617-952-3302, SecondThoughtsKelly@Gmail.com, @2ndThoughtsMA Bill Legalizing Assisted Suicide Remains Dangerous, Targets the Vulnerable Second Thoughts Massachusetts issues the following statement in opposition to the favorable report given by the state … Continue reading Second Thoughts Press Release On Continuing Danger of Massachusetts Assisted Suicide Bill →

NDY’s Anita Cameron Joins NH Disability Advocates To Oppose Assisted Suicide Bill

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Press Release Contacts:  John Kelly 617-952-3302; Anita Cameron 585-259-8746 (Manchester, NH) – Not Dead Yet’s director of minority outreach, Anita Cameron, will join disability rights leaders from the Brain Injury Association of New Hampshire, ABLE New Hampshire, Disability Rights Center and other state and local groups to oppose a New Hampshire assisted suicide bill, HB … Continue reading NDY’s Anita Cameron Joins NH Disability Advocates To Oppose Assisted Suicide Bill →

Not Dead Yet Condemns Maine Governor’s Signing of Assisted Suicide Bill

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Contacts: Mike Reynolds 207-576-7396 (no voicemail; uppitycrip@gmail.com) John Kelly 617-952-3302 (jkelly@notdeadyet.org) Not Dead Yet Condemns Maine Governor’s Signing of Assisted Suicide Bill (Augusta, ME) Long time Not Dead Yet disability activist Mike Reynolds condemned today’s signing of “An Act To Enact the Maine Death with Dignity Act” by Governor Janet Mills. “This is a terrible day in … Continue reading Not Dead Yet Condemns Maine Governor’s Signing of Assisted Suicide Bill →