IN THE NEWS –

…view on Not Dead Yet (Voice of America, 09/04/18) Belgium Euthanizing 9, 11-Y-O Children: Report (Christian Post, 08/13/18) Advocates for Disabled Warn Against AMA’s Softening Opposition to Physician-Assisted Suicide (Daily Signal, 06/14/18) We’re told we are a burden. No wonder disabled people fear assisted suicide (Guardian, 06/01/18) Terminally ill New Yorkers cannot get help from doctors when they want to die (Altamont Enterprise, 05/24/18) Un…

Josue Rodriguez of Tennessee NDY Opposing SB 1362/HB 1040 – Written Testimony

…who would be impacted by this piece of bad social policy. Invidious quality-of-life judgments have no place in social policy. Reject this bill and the discrimination it promotes. Thank you very much. Josue Rodriguez Links to Sources, listed in order cited: Victoria Reggie Kennedy, “Q2 is simplistic, wrong,” Berkshire Eagle, October 30, 2012 http://tinyurl.com/nxh8lg7 Jeanette Hall, “She pushed for legal right to die, and – thankfully – w…

Emily Titon Testimony Opposing Rhode Island H 5507

…who would be impacted by this piece of bad social policy. Invidious quality-of-life judgments have no place in social policy. Reject this bill and the discrimination it promotes. Thank you very much. Emily Titon 57 Pemberton Ave. Jamestown RI 02835 Links to Sources, listed in order cited: Victoria Reggie Kennedy, “Q2 is simplistic, wrong,” Berkshire Eagle, October 30, 2012 http://tinyurl.com/nxh8lg7 Jeanette Hall, “She pushed for legal r…

Amicus Brief of Not Dead Yet et al (Disability Rights Amici) in Myers v. Schneiderman in NY Appellate Division

…available at http://www.healthline.com/health-news/senior-elder-abuse-more-common-than-you-think-012714 31 Hendin and K. Foley, Physician-Assisted Suide in Oregon: A Medical Perspective, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1613 (2008) 23 Hendin and Gerald Klerman, Phvsician-Assisted Suicide: The Dangers of Legalization, 150 Am. J. of Psych. 143 (Jan.1993) 25 Brendan D. Kelly et al., Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide and Psychiatry: A Pandora’s Box, 181 British J….

John Kelly’s Testimony Before the Connecticut Public Health Committee in Opposition to HB 5326

…who will be impacted by this piece of bad social policy. Invidious quality-of-life judgments have no place in social policy. Reject this bill and the discrimination it promotes. Thank you very much. Links to Sources: Associated Press, “Bend Couple Goes to Trial on Fraud Charges,” Ventura County Star, January 14, 2013 http://tinyurl.com/lwh7z4p Boston.com, “Question 2: Physician-Assisted Suicide.” Interactive Map http://tinyurl.com/a9pgk6n Ira B…