All posts by Diane Coleman

Ally Matt Vallière’s Op-Ed in The Hill Reflects on 2023 Victories Against Assisted Suicide

The Patients Rights Action Fund (PRAF), led by Matt Vallière, coordinates diverse coalitions of advocates against assisted suicide laws. Matt and his expert team have respected and supported a strong disability role in these state coalitions from early on. They have also been crucial to taking into federal court my longstanding assertion that assisted suicide … Continue reading Ally Matt Vallière’s Op-Ed in The Hill Reflects on 2023 Victories Against Assisted Suicide

NYT Article on the Proposed Expansion of Canada Euthanasia Law to Include Psychiatric Survivors Misses the Mark

By Lisa Blumberg This spring, eligibility under Canada’s assisted suicide/euthanasia law is scheduled to expand to include people who are deemed to suffer from “untreatable mental illnesses.” The implementation of the expansion has been delayed before and will hopefully be delayed again due to stiff opposition to it. A recent New York Times article, “Death … Continue reading NYT Article on the Proposed Expansion of Canada Euthanasia Law to Include Psychiatric Survivors Misses the Mark

Disability Advocate Cathy Ludlum Quoted in Hartford Courant As 2024 Assisted Suicide Battle Begins

Hartford Courant’s Alison Cross conducted interviews on both sides of the assisted suicide debate, reporting one advocate against the proposed bill saying “that aid-in-dying opponents, especially those in the state’s disabled community, fear that a ‘right to die could become for them a duty to die,’ as the burden of care and treatment costs pile … Continue reading Disability Advocate Cathy Ludlum Quoted in Hartford Courant As 2024 Assisted Suicide Battle Begins

Anita Cameron’s Remarks Before the New York State Bar Association Task Force

Anita Cameron’s Remarks Before the New York State Bar Association Task Force on Medical Aid in Dying November 17, 2023 Good morning. I’m Anita Cameron, Director of Minority Outreach for Not Dead Yet, a national, grassroots disability organization opposed to medical discrimination, healthcare rationing, euthanasia and assisted suicide. Assisted suicide laws are dangerous because though … Continue reading Anita Cameron’s Remarks Before the New York State Bar Association Task Force