The Answer Is Not Medically Assisted Suicide – Disabled People Demand Full Civil, Human Rights [Note: The hyperlink above leads to a PDF image scan of the article and the page it appears on. The full, screen reader accessible text of the article is below.] The Quincy Sun, August 18, 2022 38 years ago an … Continue reading John Kelly Op-Ed Opposing Assisted Suicide Bill Published In The Quincy Sun
Guest Blog by Kathleen Nicole O’Neal On June 16, 2022, a forty-four-year-old Italian citizen named Federico Carboni became the first patient in the history of his country to die by medically assisted suicide. Twelve years ago, Carboni was working as a trucker when he found himself seriously injured in a traffic accident that put him … Continue reading Assisted Suicide Is Not About Autonomy; It Is A Symptom of Systems Which Deny Autonomy To Sick And Disabled People
Join Patients Rights Action Fund‘s next webinar! This webinar will feature prominent disability advocates discussing the implications of assisted suicide legislation on medical discrimination against people with disabilities. In a stellar lineup, speakers Lydia Brown, John Kelly, Vincenzo Piscopo, and our own Ian McIntosh will collaboratively explore the impact that assisted suicide laws have on the … Continue reading PRAF Webinar Series Fighting Assisted Suicide Coast to Coast: Disability Perspectives
[Author’s note: Readers may wonder why it’s taken a month for me to post my response to the federal district court ruling in the Shavelson case. I was hoping to be able to post it after it appeared as an op-ed in one of the California newspaper outlets I pitch it to, but, alas, NDY’s … Continue reading Not Dead Yet Applauds Court Ruling In CA Euthanasia Case
Anita Cameron’s interview on the PushBlack podcast was broadcast on June 20th: Jay (host): Harriet Tubman, Bradley Lomax, Joyce Ardell Jackson, Denmark Vesey, these are only a handful of Black activists you may know, who rebelled, demanded justice, fought for freedom, and played unquestionably significant roles in the continued journey towards liberation. What you might … Continue reading PushBlack Podcast: The Erasure of Black Disabled Voices with Anita Cameron
