Category Archives: assisted suicide

NDY Files Disability Amicus Brief in Montana with Four Other National Disability Rights Groups

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Last week, amicus briefs were filed with the Montana Supreme Court – supporting an appeal by the state Attorney General to reverse a lower court decision that assisted suicide is a “constitutional right” in that state. Due to a variety of factors, NDY was unable to get word out to the media when our brief … Continue reading NDY Files Disability Amicus Brief in Montana with Four Other National Disability Rights Groups →

Chicago NDY Confronts Chicago “End of Life” Care Coalition and Barbara Coombs Lee

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On Monday, April 20, the Chicago “End of Life” Care Coalition hosted an event titled “Options in ‘End of Life’ Care: The Legal, the Personal and the Controversial.” Eyebrows – and tempers – rose in the disability community when the conference flyer came out. For the past couple of months, the biggest “end of life” … Continue reading Chicago NDY Confronts Chicago “End of Life” Care Coalition and Barbara Coombs Lee →

AP: Final Exit Network manual calls members “special”

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Many people with disabilities have a deep-seated loathing of the word “special.” It’s a term of dismissal, patronization, and discrimination. And that’s just a starting list. Unfortunately until “special education” and “special olympics” get called by other names, we don’t have a prayer of shaking the term off for any length of time with any … Continue reading AP: Final Exit Network manual calls members “special” →

Ron Seigel: “My Confrontation with Kevorkian’s Lawyer”

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Today’s entry – an article by Ron Seigel – seems timely on the 10th anniversary of Kevorkian’s sentencing in the second-degree murder conviction for his televised “execution” of Thomas Youk. Sentencing day was also incarceration day. Kevorkian was taken from the courtroom in handcuffs. But Ron’s article doesn’t stop there. He also discusses some historical … Continue reading Ron Seigel: “My Confrontation with Kevorkian’s Lawyer” →

Carol Carr, Who Killed Two Sons, Speaks Out About Assisted Suicide, Sort Of

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For those with a comparatively long memory (long in terms of this culture, anyway), the name “Carol Carr” should ring a bell. In 2002, she shot and killed two of her adult sons as they lay in beds in a Georgia nursing home. Both had Huntington’s Chorea, a hereditary condition that results in a progressive … Continue reading Carol Carr, Who Killed Two Sons, Speaks Out About Assisted Suicide, Sort Of →