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Today on Deathstyles of the Rich and Abled: Costs Illustrated Magazine

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By INGRID TISCHER Welcome to the world of Champagne lifetimes and caviar deaths! I’m Robbin’ Leech, your guide to the deathstyle media titans that are teaching us how the fabulously wealthy celebrate the moments of their end-of-lives. Today I’ll be sharing two sumptuous images from Costs Illustrated magazine and then dazzling you with one glorious … Continue reading Today on Deathstyles of the Rich and Abled: Costs Illustrated Magazine →

Webinar: Fighting Assisted Suicide – The Big Picture in the States, Federal & Judiciary

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Fighting Assisted Suicide Coast to Coast: The big picture in the states, federal, and judiciary Friday, March 11th 2022 4:00pm to 5:30pm EST REGISTER TODAY The Patients’ Rights Action Fund, Not Dead Yet and our allies fight the legalization of assisted suicide public policy, which is dangerous and discriminatory. You are invited to attend a … Continue reading Webinar: Fighting Assisted Suicide – The Big Picture in the States, Federal & Judiciary →

NDY & 18 Other Disability Groups Join DREDF Amicus Brief in Assisted Suicide Case

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DREDF has just announced the filing of a friend-of-the-court (“amicus”) brief in a Massachusetts assisted suicide case. Since 1996, NDY has organized numerous amicus briefs in assisted suicide cases, some of which are posted on our website HERE. DREDF has joined several of these briefs, but this is the first time DREDF has also served … Continue reading NDY & 18 Other Disability Groups Join DREDF Amicus Brief in Assisted Suicide Case →

Join Annual Disability Day of Mourning Events March 1st

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For National Virtual event 4:00 pm, go HERE. For New York virtual event: MARCH 1, 3:30pm, Register HERE.   For OTHER CITIES, check HERE.  People with disabilities are twice as likely as non-disabled people to be victims of violent crime. Every year, the national media covers dozens of stories about murders of people with disabilities by family members or … Continue reading Join Annual Disability Day of Mourning Events March 1st →

Cathy Ludlum Testifies – “Many people are hanging on by a thread.”

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Cathy Ludlum PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE Testimony Opposing SB 88 An Act Concerning Aid in Dying for Terminally Ill Patients February 23, 2022 Co-chairs and members of the Public Health Committee: My name is Cathy Ludlum, and I am one of the leaders of Second Thoughts Connecticut, a group of disabled people and allies who are … Continue reading Cathy Ludlum Testifies – “Many people are hanging on by a thread.” →