All posts by Stephen Drake

Canada: New Pro-Euthanasia Group Misinforms — and Doesn’t Want Anyone to Know Much About Them

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From Alex Schadenberg at his blog for the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition: New Group Misrepresenting Canada’s Euthanasia Law Excerpt: I received a call from Stephen Drake, the research director for Not Dead Yet, a disability rights group. Drake asked me whether I knew the group Dignity in Death? I answered no. In fact when I went … Continue reading Canada: New Pro-Euthanasia Group Misinforms — and Doesn’t Want Anyone to Know Much About Them →

Health Care: “People Like Me” – Ben Mattlin Reflects on Being Disabled and the Health Care Debate

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Ben Mattlin is a disability activist and writer (he also gets paid for writing outside of the disability arena).  I’ve had the privilege of knowing him for over a decade. He’s authored an op-ed in the Chicago Tribune that reflects the current realities many of us who have disabilities face in the health care system … Continue reading Health Care: “People Like Me” – Ben Mattlin Reflects on Being Disabled and the Health Care Debate →

Art Caplan “Debunks” 23-year Misdiagnosis of PVS in Belgium, But Omits Some Details

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Over the past week, there has been a lot of news coverage regarding the case of Rom Houben, a man in Belgium who was labeled as being in a persistent vegetative state.  He was severely injured in an auto accident in 1983, and since shortly after that has been regarded as being in a persistent … Continue reading Art Caplan “Debunks” 23-year Misdiagnosis of PVS in Belgium, But Omits Some Details →

New Hampshire: House Judiciary Committee Votes Against Assisted Suicide Bill

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Some good news from New Hampshire: A bill to legalize assisted suicide in New Hampshire lost key backing yesterday from a legislative committee when both supporters and opponents joined forces to reject it. The House Judiciary Committee voted 14-3 against the bill that would let terminally ill patients over age 18 obtain lethal prescriptions, with … Continue reading New Hampshire: House Judiciary Committee Votes Against Assisted Suicide Bill →

Disability Activists “Greet” Euthanasia Activist in San Francisco

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This just in from Marilyn Golden, Policy Analyst at Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF): (The date for the events below was November 10, 2009) On Tuesday morning, three anti-assisted suicide advocates from the San Francisco Bay Area disability community, Paul Longmore, Walter Park, and myself came to the San Francisco Buddhist Center (which … Continue reading Disability Activists “Greet” Euthanasia Activist in San Francisco →