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Press Release: Not Dead Yet Joins Anti-Discrimination Lawsuit To Oppose Assisted Suicide Law

April 26, 2023"death with dignity", aid in dying, assisted suicide, court cases, end-of-life options bills, health disparities, MAID, medical discrimination, Our News & Commentary Blogaid in dying, assisted suicide, court cases, end of life options, Not Dead Yet, United Spinal AssnDiane Coleman

Los Angeles, CA — April 26, 2023 – Yesterday, the United Spinal Association (“United Spinal”), Not Dead Yet (“NDY”), Institute for Patients’ Rights (“IPR”), Communities Actively Living Independent & Free “CALIF”, and individual plaintiffs, Lonnie VanHook and Ingrid Tischer, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, asking that … Continue reading Press Release: Not Dead Yet Joins Anti-Discrimination Lawsuit To Oppose Assisted Suicide Law →

NDY, DREDF and United Spinal Discuss Shavelson Euthanasia Case at Press Briefing

April 15, 2022"death with dignity", aid in dying, Anita Cameron, assisted suicide, court cases, diane coleman, dredf, euthanasia, media, Our News & Commentary Blog, Patients Rights Action Fund, press release, United Spinal Assn.assisted suicide, Dredf, euthanasia, Patients Rights Action Fund, Press conference, Shavelson case, United Spinal AssnDiane Coleman

Disability advocacy organizations NDY, DREDF and United Spinal partnered with the Patients Rights Action Fund (PRAF) to hold a press briefing on the Shavelson v. CA Department of Health Care Services case heard on April 14 in the federal District Court of Northern California. Video of the press briefing is available on PRAF’s Facebook page … Continue reading NDY, DREDF and United Spinal Discuss Shavelson Euthanasia Case at Press Briefing →

More Disability Testimonies Opposing Massachusetts Assisted Suicide Bill

October 15, 2021aid in dying, Anita Cameron, assisted suicide, diane coleman, dredf, end-of-life options bills, legislation, Massachusetts, medical discrimination, national council on disability, national council on independent living, Our News & Commentary Blog, Testimony, United Spinal Assn.Anita Cameron, assisted suicide, Diane Coleman, Dredf, end of life options, National Council on Disability, National Council on Independent Living, United Spinal AssnDiane Coleman

On October 1, 2021, the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Public Health held a hearing on An Act relative to end of life options (H. 2381 and S. 1384). We previously featured testimonies this bill to legalize assisted suicide by John B. Kelly, Director of Second Thoughts MA: Disability Rights Advocates against Assisted Suicide and Lindsay … Continue reading More Disability Testimonies Opposing Massachusetts Assisted Suicide Bill →

United Spinal Assn. Helped Fight A Futility Judgment And Won!

January 6, 2020bioethics, futile care, futility, medical discrimination, national council on disability, Our News & Commentary Blog, United Spinal Assn.futility, National Council on Disability, United Spinal AssnDiane Coleman

The hospital may not have called it a “futility judgment” when they pushed Chris Dunn to go into hospice as an alternative to spinal cord injury rehabilitation, but it’s hard to see it any other way. Here’s an extended excerpt from United Spinal Association’s New Mobility article “Refusing To Die: The Chris Dunn Story“: By … Continue reading United Spinal Assn. Helped Fight A Futility Judgment And Won! →