Category Archives: assisted suicide

DREDF’s Marilyn Golden Speaks Out Against CA Assisted Suicide Bill Introduced Today

January 21, 2015ADAPT, assisted suicide, Californians Against Assisted Suicide, dredf, elder abuse, Marilyn Golden, Our News & Commentary Blogassisted suicide, Californians Against Assisted Suicide, Dredf, Marilyn GoldenDiane Coleman

An bill to legalize assisted suicide is being introduced in California today. Fortunately, Marilyn Golden, Senior Policy Analyst for the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, is already working to ensure that the disability rights opposition to this bill is being heard. The Los Angeles Times published an article in advance of the bill introduction, … Continue reading DREDF’s Marilyn Golden Speaks Out Against CA Assisted Suicide Bill Introduced Today →

Media Advisory: Disability Advocates Prepared To Oppose Flurry of State Assisted Suicide Bills Being Introduced in 2015

January 15, 2015aid in dying, assisted suicide, diane coleman, dredf, john kelly, Marilyn Golden, Our News & Commentary Blog, Second Thoughtsassisted suicide, Brittany Maynard, Marilyn GoldenDiane Coleman

[Editor’s Note: For the PRWeb version of this media advisory in pdf format, with a photo of Marilyn Golden and pull out quote, please go here.] Summary: Disability rights advocates are preparing to work in broad coalition with medical and other groups that oppose legalization of assisted suicide, as proponents announce plans to introduce bills … Continue reading Media Advisory: Disability Advocates Prepared To Oppose Flurry of State Assisted Suicide Bills Being Introduced in 2015 →

Amy Hasbrouck’s Powerful Message to NCD Urges U.S. Disability Leadership Against the Global Threat of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Laws

January 12, 2015Amy Hasbrouck, assisted suicide, Belgium, Canada, euthanasia, national council on disability, Our News & Commentary BlogAmy Hasbrouck, assisted suicide, National Council on DisabilityDiane Coleman

Dear NCD members: I have been a member of the board of Not Dead Yet in the United States since 2000. I am also the director of Toujours Vivant-Not Dead Yet, a project of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities Ending of Life Ethics Committee to inform, unify and give voice to the disability rights … Continue reading Amy Hasbrouck’s Powerful Message to NCD Urges U.S. Disability Leadership Against the Global Threat of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Laws →

NDY Urges National Council on Disability to Reissue Position Paper on Assisted Suicide

January 12, 2015assisted suicide, Brittany Maynard, Derek Humphry, national council on disability, Our News & Commentary Blogassisted suicide, National Council on DisabilityDiane Coleman

The National Council on Disability (NCD) is meeting today. Many years ago, NCD invited me to attend one of its meetings to debate Hemlock Society co-founder Derek Humphry. A few months later, NCD issued a groundbreaking and highly persuasive position paper opposing legalization of assisted suicide. Today, Not Dead Yet is urging NCD to re-issue … Continue reading NDY Urges National Council on Disability to Reissue Position Paper on Assisted Suicide →