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Canada: Global News Live Blogging Promotion of Killing Disabled Kids Tonight (March 16)

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(My apologies to people who subscribe to this blog via email.  You’ll get this info after the fact.) Tonight (March 16) Global News is doing a ‘live blog’ promoting the killing of children with disabilities.  The Canadian news network is calling it a ‘discussion,’ but they’re misleading people.  They have a three-person panel.  The first … Continue reading Canada: Global News Live Blogging Promotion of Killing Disabled Kids Tonight (March 16) →

Wall Street Journal: ‘Second Thoughts’ Director John Kelly Quoted in Article on Assisted Suicide Advocates Death

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Today’s (March 14, 2012) edition of the Wall Street Journal features a story by reporter Stephen Miller on the death of Peter Goodwin.  Goodwin was a physician who campaigned for passage of Oregon’s assisted suicide law.  Goodwin died Sunday, after drinking a medication prescribed by his physician to end his life.  I admit I haven’t … Continue reading Wall Street Journal: ‘Second Thoughts’ Director John Kelly Quoted in Article on Assisted Suicide Advocates Death →

Media Coverage and Links to testimony of ‘Second Thoughts’ members before MA legislative hearing on Assisted Suicide

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Sorry for the lag, but I’ve been working on offline issues for awhile. The first thing I want to share with NDY readers is some of the media coverage, testimony, and more info from the really strong group of Massachusetts disability activists who have joined together in a coalition named Second Thoughts. As mentioned in … Continue reading Media Coverage and Links to testimony of ‘Second Thoughts’ members before MA legislative hearing on Assisted Suicide →

RELEASE: Massachusetts Disability Rights Activists to Testify Against Assisted Suicide Initiative

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SECOND THOUGHTS People with Disabilities Opposing the Legalization of Assisted Suicide FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  March 6, 2012 CONTACTS John Kelly 617- 250-8918 Karen Schneiderman 617-338-6665, ext. 204   Disability Rights Group Second Thoughts to Testify against Assisted Suicide Initiative Disability rights activists from across Massachusetts will be speaking today before the Massachusetts legislature’s joint Judiciary … Continue reading RELEASE: Massachusetts Disability Rights Activists to Testify Against Assisted Suicide Initiative →

Maryland: Using a “PVS” Diagnosis to justify Organ Harvesting Without Consent

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Today ( Feb. 21, 2012) in the Maryland legislature, the House Health and Government Operations Committee held a hearing on HB 449, a bill to grant health care surrogates the power to donate “non-vital” organs (a kidney or lobe of a liver) of a person diagnosed to be in a persistent vegetative state (PVS). I … Continue reading Maryland: Using a “PVS” Diagnosis to justify Organ Harvesting Without Consent →