Category Archives: assisted suicide

Connecticut: Disability Rights Advocates Move to Intervene in Assisted Suicide Case

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This just in from the Connecticut Office of Protection & Advocacy: Disability Rights Advocates Move to Intervene in Assisted Suicide Case   Hartford – The Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities (OPA) filed a motion in Superior Court today to intervene in a recently filed lawsuit about assisted suicide.  The underlying suit, … Continue reading Connecticut: Disability Rights Advocates Move to Intervene in Assisted Suicide Case →

Ann Neumann and Vancouver Sun: Dissing Disability Activists’ Opposition to Legalized Euthanasia

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Ann Neumann, writing on the Otherspoon blog, has stated in the past that she’s inclined to shy away from direct criticism of disability rights groups like NDY in the “right to die” debate, seeing it as “a trap.” Neumann found a way around the “trap” last week by quoting someone else’s work.  Specifically, she quoted … Continue reading Ann Neumann and Vancouver Sun: Dissing Disability Activists’ Opposition to Legalized Euthanasia →

Bad Cripple on Washington State Death Toll (blog recommendation)

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Earlier this month, Washington State released its report on the first 10 months of its brand-new assisted suicide law.  You can read a pretty typical press account at this NY Times link. However, neither the Times nor most of the media gets at some of the troubling information that emerges from this report – limited … Continue reading Bad Cripple on Washington State Death Toll (blog recommendation) →

Georgia: Grand Jury Indicts Four Members of Final Exit Network on Multiple Counts

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I missed this when the news hit yesterday, but things aren’t looking great for the members of the Final Exit Network (FEN). Here’s the gist of the news, from the second paragraph of the story from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: An indictment returned Tuesday charges the Final Exit Network along with co-founder Thomas “Ted” Goodwin, 64, … Continue reading Georgia: Grand Jury Indicts Four Members of Final Exit Network on Multiple Counts →

UK: The Independent – “Disabled people need assistance to live, not die,” by Clair Lewis

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By now, readers of this blog are probably getting familiar with the name and the writing of Clair Lewis.  Today is another chance to read what she has to say about the recent developments in the UK.  Writing in The Independent, Clair says “Disabled people need assistance to live, not die. “ Here’s the first … Continue reading UK: The Independent – “Disabled people need assistance to live, not die,” by Clair Lewis →