…hts community urge N.Y. lawmakers to reject Medical Aid in Dying Act (Spectrum News, 02/14/24) America is racing toward Canada’s euthanasia free-for-all – as seven more states eye legalizing assisted suicide (Daily Mail, 02/11/24) Should Illinois become 11th state to adopt ‘right-to-die’ legislation? (Chicago Sun Times, 02/09/24) Letter: Why we’re against Medical Aid in Dying (Adirondack Daily Enterprise, 02/06/24) Minnesota’s end-of-life options…
…on BattleCam come from the community on it.” In an interview conducted in Russia, where he lives, Ivanisovish said he was “grateful to Mr. David and his team for making this possible. My family will be able to live in prosperity after I pass. May God bless Mr. David for his kindness and generosity.” A little more from Mr. David at the end of the article: In a sense, it seems the decision to stream the suicide engages three of David’s main interes…
…f the issue of quality of life, the kind of care that you feel you need to live the life you want to live. John Kelly: Well, I’ll talk about the effect on our whole group of disabled people mainly that we are constantly inundated with the idea that it would be better to be dead, that people would rather be dead than like us, that we are a burden, and indeed, out in Oregon, up to half the people are being reported, as saying they’re a burden on oth…
…living by a hostile medical establishment, so we are working to uphold our lives and everyone’s lives against this “quality-of-life” judgement. JH: Ok, let me play the devil’s advocate here. If I personally, John Harrison, am disabled and have been disabled for most of my life, and my condition is deteriorating, it is getting worse. I have absolutely no hope. Who are you to stop me from making the decision to end my own life? JK: We do not make…
…thinks her life is too much work for other people. It frightens me that I live in a world where feeling like a burden on others is one of the top five reasons people choose assisted suicide[4]. Not pain. Not unbearable physical suffering. People cannot get the services and supports they need to live happily in the community, so they feel like a burden to their loved ones and want to end their lives so as not to inconvenience others. Legalizing as…
