Category Archives: advocacy

ILLINOIS STEALTH ASSISTED SUICIDE BILL DRESSED AS FOOD PREPARATION BILL PASSES BY ONE VOTE

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The Illinois State Senate, just passed an assisted suicide bill, dressed as a food preparation bill, to make it easier for disabled people to die, not to live. In this worst possible national moment, Illinois proponents decided in the interest of vulnerable Illinoisans that now was the time to sneak an assisted suicide bill amendment … Continue reading ILLINOIS STEALTH ASSISTED SUICIDE BILL DRESSED AS FOOD PREPARATION BILL PASSES BY ONE VOTE →

Response: “Neurologic Diseases and MAiD” in The American Journal of Bioethics

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Jules Good writes in response to “Neurologic Diseases and MAiD: Aid-In-Dying Laws Create an Underclass of Patients Based on Disability” by Lonny Shavelson, Thaddeus M. Pope, Margaret Pabst Battin, Alicia Oulette & Benzi Kluger, published in The American Journal of Bioethics 16 August 2022: Legal assisted suicide puts disabled people in danger of being killed … Continue reading Response: “Neurologic Diseases and MAiD” in The American Journal of Bioethics →

NDY Introduces Disability Rights Toolkit for Advocacy Against Legalization of Assisted Suicide

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With assisted suicide bills pending in many states, disability rights advocates are needed to help oppose them.  Not Dead Yet Colorado just played a pivotal role in defeating an assisted suicide bill in that state, but bills are pending or expected in California, New York, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, the District of Columbia … Continue reading NDY Introduces Disability Rights Toolkit for Advocacy Against Legalization of Assisted Suicide →

Update on Amelia (Philadelphia Transplant Denial) With Welcome News

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I’m happy to share an update on a story we covered earlier this year – about a young girl – Amelia – who has Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome.  Back in January, her mother wrote about an awful meeting at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia about Amelia’s failing kidneys.  They were told by the transplant surgeon that her … Continue reading Update on Amelia (Philadelphia Transplant Denial) With Welcome News →

Boston, MA: Boston Mayor Proclaimed July 26, 2012 ‘John B. Kelly Day’

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Sorry we’re a little late with this.  As most of the folks who read this blog know, last Thursday July 26 was the 22nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, or “ADA Day”. In Boston last week, the ADA shared the spotlight with our very good friend John Kelly – ally, activist, scholar and … Continue reading Boston, MA: Boston Mayor Proclaimed July 26, 2012 ‘John B. Kelly Day’ →