Tomorrow (Sept. 2, 2009) the Montana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Montana Attorney General’s challenge of a lower court ruling that defined assisted suicide as a “right.” Today’s edition of the New York Times contains a fairly good account of the stakes – and stakeholders – in the current legal battle in … Continue reading NY Times: Montana Court to Rule on Assisted Suicide Case (NDY Quoted)
Most of our regular readers will know this already from other sources – I’ve been busy with other issues that have kept me offline for a couple of weeks. Last week, Robert Schindler passed away at the age of 71. Our thoughts are with the Schindler family and we are all saddened by their loss. … Continue reading Robert Schindler, Father of Terri Schiavo, Has Passed Away
Today, the New York Times published a long story on hospice and palliative care, and how doctors struggle with balancing the transition from active treatment to palliative care in the final stages of terminal illnesses. Some of it is worked within the context of the current “debate” around advance directives in the health care reform … Continue reading NY Times Quotes Diane Coleman – but without context
There were a number of developments over the past week or two that will need to be highlighted here. I am still catching up. In a case of déjà vu (we’ve had similar cases in the U.S.), a man with quadriplegia has won the “right” to starve himself in Australia. I was looking for the … Continue reading Australia: Christian Rossiter wins the only “right” that society is willing to grant him
(Originally Posted on Justice For All Blog on 8/14/09 – and sent to media outlets) August 14, 2009 Disability Community Denounces Rationing Argument in NYT From Not Dead Yet (8/14/09):
