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RELEASE: Princeton Attorney Anne Studholme to Testify on Behalf of Disability Groups in New Jersey Assembly Hearing on Assisted Suicide

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For Immediate Release On February 7, 2013, Princeton attorney Anne Studholme will testify on behalf of two national disability rights groups in a hearing held by the New Jersey Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee on a proposed bill to legalize assisted suicide. Studholme will be representing Not Dead Yet and ADAPT, which oppose the … Continue reading RELEASE: Princeton Attorney Anne Studholme to Testify on Behalf of Disability Groups in New Jersey Assembly Hearing on Assisted Suicide →

RELEASE – Vermont: President of State Coalition for Disability Rights Testifies Against Legalization of Assisted Suicide in State Senate Committee Hearing

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President of Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights Testifies Against Legalization of Assisted Suicide in State Senate Committee Hearing Ed Paquin, president of the Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights, represented the disability rights community in hearings held in the state’s Senate Health and Welfare Committee last week regarding a bill to legalize physician assisted suicide. Not … Continue reading RELEASE – Vermont: President of State Coalition for Disability Rights Testifies Against Legalization of Assisted Suicide in State Senate Committee Hearing →

Vermont: Testimony of Ira Byock, MD to Vermont Senate Committee on Health and Welfare Hearing on End of Life Choices

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Anyone who has read this blog regularly knows that we hold Ira Byock in high regard.  That’s why we nominated him to the IOM’s Committee on Transforming End-of-Life-care. Earlier today, Ira Byock gave testimony to the Vermont Senate Committee on Health and Welfare’s Hearing on End of Life Choices (that means it’s a hearing on … Continue reading Vermont: Testimony of Ira Byock, MD to Vermont Senate Committee on Health and Welfare Hearing on End of Life Choices →

Press Release: Disability Group Urges Institute of Medicine (IOM) to Remedy “Glaring Omission” in Membership on End-of-Life Committee

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Disability Group Urges IOM to Remedy “Glaring Omission” in Membership on End-of-Life Committee On Tuesday, January 29, 2013, Not Dead Yet submitted recommendations that two new members be appointed to the Institute of Medicine’s recently formed Committee on Transforming End-of-Life Care to remedy what it called “glaring omissions.” The group recommended Kelly Buckland, Executive Director … Continue reading Press Release: Disability Group Urges Institute of Medicine (IOM) to Remedy “Glaring Omission” in Membership on End-of-Life Committee →

NewsBiscuit: “Homeopath to start offering ‘assisted-suicide’ remedy” (UK)

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It was bound to happen.  At least one New Age practitioner has decided to cash in jump into the arena of assisted suicide. From NewsBiscuit – The News Before It Happens… Homeopath to start offering ‘assisted-suicide’ remedy A homeopath in Banbury has decided to take politics into her own hands and start offering an assisted-suicide … Continue reading NewsBiscuit: “Homeopath to start offering ‘assisted-suicide’ remedy” (UK) →