Video link: https://youtu.be/BSvtd8SAx5Q NDY’s Director of Minority Outreach Anita Cameron was interviewed on The Laura Flanders Show, a news and public affairs show on PBS. In this clip, Anita discusses the dangers of assisted suicide and the CA court case in which NDY is a plaintiff. Transcript Anita Cameron: The real danger to people with … Continue reading Anita Cameron on The Laura Flanders Show
Video link: https://youtu.be/r7Zw_ci7e_o CW: Ableism, institutionalization, eugenics, racism In Part 1 of a new series on Home and Community Based Services (HCBS), we explore the history of institutionalization in the US and its lasting impacts on the health care system. Stay tuned for Part 2, where we’ll discuss the modern HCBS system and what’s keeping … Continue reading New Vlog! HCBS Part 1: First, a Little History
Video Link: https://youtu.be/s6S5cD3_UPo CW: ableism, suicide, transphobia As we move from LGBTQIA+ Pride month to Disability Pride Month, we explore an important intersection currently facing disabled transgender people: access to gender affirming care being denied on the basis of disability. We chat with Jen Insight, a trans writer and video creator, about gender affirming … Continue reading New Vlog! LGBTQ+ and Disability Pride Special: Ableist Anti-Trans Laws
For years, Democrats have supported assisted suicide legislation, also referred to as “medical aid in dying”, under the notion that it is a bodily autonomy issue akin to abortion. Leading assisted suicide proponent organizations like Compassion and Choices and Death with Dignity have expertly oversimplified assisted suicide into a “my body, my choice” issue, and … Continue reading Jules Good: Assisted Suicide is Not Bodily Autonomy
From the New Haven Register, 4/2 Can Conn. live with aid-in-dying being law? By Lisa Blumberg Proponents of legalizing assisted suicide insist that the practice would be tightly controlled. Doctors would only be able to write lethal prescriptions for state residents with a six months prognosis who are mentally competent and who have made two … Continue reading Op Ed: Lisa Blumberg: Can Conn. Live With Aid in Dying Being Law?
