NDY issued the Media Advisory below on the Monday morning, January 28, 2019. No coverage of the assisted suicide issue is fair and balanced without the perspective of New York disability organizations and individuals who oppose it. (Proponents of bills to legalize assisted suicide will be holding a press conference at the state capital in … Continue reading Media Advisory: Doctor-Prescribed Suicide Laws Are Bad Public Policy
Not Dead Yet Leaders To Speak At Disability Integration Act Reintroduction on M.L. King’s Jan. 15 Birthday Contacts: Diane Coleman 708-420-0539 Anita Cameron 585-259-8746 Not Dead Yet’s Director of Minority Outreach Anita Cameron will MC the ADAPT celebration of the reintroduction of the Disability Integration Act (DIA) in Congress on M.L. King’s Birthday, Tuesday, January 15th. Cameron has … Continue reading Press Release: NDY Leaders To Speak At Disability Integration Act Reintroduction
Legislature should continue to reject assisted suicide bill By John B. Kelly Posted Dec 24, 2018 In a recent Wicked Local Lexington commentary (“Medical aid in dying important for some with disabilities,” Sept. 28), Michael Martignetti argues for the legalization of assisted suicide from the perspective of someone with the progressive neurological disability, Friedrichs ataxia. I can … Continue reading John Kelly’s Newest Op-Ed Greets the New Year With A Great Message
Assisted suicide does not increase personal choice We at the grassroots disability organization Second Thoughts Connecticut object to a sentence in a recent story [Dec. 14, courant.com, “Former state GOP chairman takes job as Connecticut Catholic Church lobbyist“]. The sentence reads: “Culhane also lobbied successfully against other bills the church opposed, including repeated attempts over the … Continue reading Cathy Ludlum’s Outstanding Letter Published In the Hartford Courant
Maine Voices: Don’t sign petition to put flawed assisted-suicide law on state ballot Based on what happened after Oregon legalized the practice, it’s incompatible with values held by Mainers. BY MIKE REYNOLDS – SPECIAL TO THE PRESS HERALD 11/29/18 LEWISTON — Maine residents are being asked to sign a petition calling for a referendum on legalizing assisted … Continue reading Mike Reynolds’ Excellent Op-Ed in the Press Herald
