Alison at Disability Prejudice and Civil Rights Watch has been following the story of the Final Exit Network arrests/investigation. She gave a “shout out” to this blog regarding the coverage (or mis-coverage) of the radical arm of the “Right to Die” movement. In addition, she has her own observations to share, and I encourage others … Continue reading Blog recommendation – Disability Prejudice and Civil Rights Watch
Yesterday, I promised that I would have some “nasty” things to say about an article concerning the Final Exit Network (FEN). I don’t know if what you’ll find below is “nasty,” but the March 2 article “Final Exit: Compassion or Assisted Suicide?” totally distorts and mangles the core facts of the story surrounding FEN. As … Continue reading Time Magazine Article Misrepresents Final Exit Network and Who They “Help”
The end of this AP article links to a Time magazine article on FEN that was published yesterday (March 2). I am waiting another day to write about that article. I sent an email about that article to Time magazine editor Richard Stengel and wanted to give a full 24 hours to hear a response … Continue reading Latest AP Story on Final Exit Network Talks About Rift in “Right to Die” Movement but Falls Short of Defining it
I was beginning to worry that the definition of FEN and its work of encouraging and facilitating suicides of chronically ill, disabled and elderly people was being magically rewritten. The alternate story that has been appearing is that they’re a helpful bunch of people who aid “terminally ill” individuals. They’re “forced” to do this because … Continue reading Newest AJC Article on Final Exit Network – NDY Quoted
The recent articles on the multi-state investigation of Final Exit Network (FEN) list nine states in the ongoing investigation: The GBI is now leading a wide-ranging investigation into the ring, which has led to raids in nine states. Authorities say they have searched 14 sites in Arizona, Georgia, Florida, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Missouri, Colorado and … Continue reading Is Illinois next on the list for the multi-state investigation of Final Exit Network?
