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 to the website there was no information about who they actually are, but it did tell me that they either do not understand Canadian law or that they are deliberately misrepresenting the law for their political purpose. Link to Not Dead Yet: https://notdeadyetnewscommentary.blogspot.com/
The website states:
Dignity in Death offers information on voluntary euthanasia and the ethical issues that surround assisted suicide. In Canada, voluntary euthanasia is legal and may be used to end the lives of those who are suffering and terminally ill. However, assisted suicide is illegal.
This new group (read the blog for more info) has launched an ad campaign putting its messages on faux memorial plaques on park benches in Toronto through an ad agency. November and December seem strange months for this kind of campaign, since traffic in parks goes down, benches are often covered in snow and almost no one sits down on them. But it gets stranger – the plaques direct readers to a website:
If there is nothing wrong with euthanasia or assisted suicide, why does the Dignity in Death group need to lie about Canadian law and why does Dignity in Death not have an address or identify the leaders of the group?
It’s really really odd. What kind of group invests in advertising and yet (judging by the lack of info on the website) doesn’t really want anyone to want to know just who is running the group or how to contact them (aside from a general info email address)?
Well, for starters, maybe no one wants to be held accountable for the misinformation that is published on the website (www.deathindignity.com)) or deal with any awkward follow-up questions. –Stephen Drake
Addendum: Alex graciously gave me a cred for the heads-up on this, but the only reason I saw this news was due to an alert sent to me by my friends at the blog “Turner & Kowalski.”