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NDY’s John Kelly Among Those Featured in Boston Globe Article on Assisted Suicide

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Boston Globe photo caption and credit: Disability-rights advocate John Kelly, director of Second Thoughts Massachusetts, at his Fenway apartment. The group opposes what it calls “assisted suicide.” Barry Chin/Globe Staff Voices from the ‘right to die’ debate By Robert Weisman Globe Staff,Updated December 11, 2022, 5:20 p.m. In anticipation of the upcoming reintroduction of an assisted … Continue reading NDY’s John Kelly Among Those Featured in Boston Globe Article on Assisted Suicide →

Shavelson Case Seeking Euthanasia Under Assisted Suicide Law Dismissed

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Good news! On Wednesday December 7th, Judge Chabbria of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed the Shavelson case, with prejudice. Michelle Uzeta, the DREDF attorney who prepared our excellent Disability Amicus Brief, says this means the case is over at the district court level. NDY previously reported on the … Continue reading Shavelson Case Seeking Euthanasia Under Assisted Suicide Law Dismissed →

NDY’s Amy Hasbrouck Speaks Out In Article On Canadian “MAiD Gone Wrong”

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NDY Board Member Amy Hasbrouck was quoted extensively in an article exposing the fact that disabled people in Canada are being granted euthanasia while being denied sufficient supports to live. The article is both linked and pasted below: MAiD gone wrong: lack of access to supports cited in deaths BY  Michael Swan, The Catholic Register … Continue reading NDY’s Amy Hasbrouck Speaks Out In Article On Canadian “MAiD Gone Wrong” →

DREDF Files Amicus Brief On Behalf of 12 Disability Groups In Euthanasia Case

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The Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund Just Announced: DREDF Files Amici Brief in Case Seeking to Eliminate Key Safeguard in California’s End of Life Options Act. On October 24, 2022, DREDF filed a brief as amicus curiae (PDF) on its own behalf and on behalf of 11 additional disability rights organizations in support of … Continue reading DREDF Files Amicus Brief On Behalf of 12 Disability Groups In Euthanasia Case →

Lisa Blumberg: Promoting the Better Dead Than Disabled Ethos to Kids

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Canada has the broadest euthanasia law in the world. Both people who are ill and people who have disabilities deemed to cause them to suffer may request that a doctor or nurse practitioner provide them with a drug induced death. (1) Alan Nichols, a 61-year-old man with a history of depression was euthanized, over the … Continue reading Lisa Blumberg: Promoting the Better Dead Than Disabled Ethos to Kids →