June 11, 2018 Kia ora koutou, and thank you for the opportunity to present this submission. I am Wendi Wicks and I am the convener of Not Dead Yet Aotearoa, a national network of disabled people opposed to the legalisation of assisted suicide and euthanasia. We in Not Dead Yet Aotearoa have some of the … Continue reading Wendi Wicks’ Hard Hitting Oral Testimony Against NZ End of Life Choices Bill
A great opinion piece by Jamie Hale begins with a photo of two women in wheelchairs, seated in front of several artful props that suggest a graveyard. The photo has a caption above and below: I can see no safeguards to prevent people being pressured into ending their lives. What we need is more support … Continue reading NDY UK Advocate Jamie Hale On Why Disabled People Fear Assisted Suicide
An article in the Altamont Enterprise included some great quotes by disability rights activist Stephanie Woodward. Stephanie Woodward, director of advocacy at the Center for Disability Rights, said that “assisted suicide has a discriminatory, disparate impact on disabled people that is deadly and can’t be reversed.” Data from the state of Oregon, where medical aid-in-dying … Continue reading Disability Activist Stephanie Woodward Quoted In An NY Newspaper Article
On May 4th, the Daily Star in Oneonta, New York published an editorial in favor of legalizing assisted suicide. Among other things, it completely ignored the opposition of many disability organizations, whose leaders testified very strongly against the NY assisted suicide bills in hearings held April 23rd and May 3rd. The following letter to the … Continue reading Diane Coleman’s Letter Published In Daily Star
Here are some more great testimonies shared with the New York Assembly Health Committee on May 3. Jose Hernandez shared his mother’s story in a powerful and moving letter: My mother was diagnosed with stage IV ovarian cancer in 1988 when she was just 28 years old in Puerto Rico. They had given her 6 … Continue reading More Testimony From NYC: Jose Hernandez and Sharon Shapiro-Lacks
