…ying Debate (State House News Service, 06/05/24) Poll logs support for medical aid in dying (Greenfield Recorder + 3, 06/04/24) ‘Medical Aid in Dying’ Debate – Blaise Bryant v Corinne Carey (Capital Pressroom, 05/30/24) ‘Kind of scary’: Controversial medical procedure may soon be legal in another blue state (US Times Mirror, 05/29/24) Will NY approve medically assisted suicide? What doctors, disability advocates say (lohud.com, 05/28/24) Reps. Wen…
…UU., Se nacionalizó ciudadano de éste país y su trayectoria de trabajo lo calificó para desempeñar su labor en el Centro Progress. Horacio empezó a trabajar en el Centro Progress como Coordinador de Vida Independiente, ayudando a las personas con todo tipo de discapacidad a adquirir la información y las habilidades que necesitan para lograr sus objetivos personales. Poco tiempo después, fue nombrado Director del Centro de la oficina Satélite en e…
…consequences“: Efforts to legalize assisted suicide have been attempted in California three times, each time failing due to broad bipartisan opposition that included major disability rights organizations, independent living groups, doctors, and civil rights and faith-based groups. Each bill failed because of precarious loopholes, dangerous provisions and insufficient oversight. In Oregon and Washington, two states where assisted suicide is legal,…
…people with disabilities held a rally at the State Capitol in Sacramento, California on September 24th to urge Governor Jerry Brown to veto the assisted suicide bill rammed through a special session of the state legislature two weeks ago. [Photo of people with signs gathered near the stage of the rally.] Among the disability leaders speaking at the rally was Lillibeth Navarro, a long time advocate with Not Dead Yet who is also the Founder and Exe…
…h and ready for the new day and the next step in the struggle. Finding topical things that cause those of us around here to laugh are a cause for celebration. This latest is from The Onion – “America’s Finest News Source:” Suicide Note Makes Convincing Case (excerpt) SHERMAN OAKS, CA—Though friends and family of Michael Swinton, 15, were initially devastasted upon hearing the news of his recent suicide, many agreed Thursday that the explanatory no…
