Please consider supporting NDY. This is our 25th year fighting the messages and policies that say “better dead than disabled.” You know who we are. And many of you know the incredible and dedicated members of our Board of Directors, Samantha Crane, Horacio Esparza, Amy Hasbrouck, Lydia Nunez Landry, Germaine Martin, Shonda McLaughlin, Mike Volkman … Continue reading If You’re Not Dead Yet, Please Support NDY On Giving Tuesday
In a November 14th article in The Epoch Times entitled ‘Death Is Becoming an Industry’: Euthanasia Opponents Bemoan Rise in Medically Assisted Deaths in Canada, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Executive Director Alex Schadenberg discussed the growing momentum of euthanasia in Canada. The article by Lee Harding included the following extensive quotes from NDY Board member Amy Hasbrouck … Continue reading NDY Board Member Amy Hasbrouck Quoted Extensively in The Epoch Times
[THE COMMENT DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO DEC. 12. Go to www.regulations.gov.] November 12, 2021 Jeffrey A. Koses Chairperson United States AbilityOne Commission 1401 S. Clark Street, Suite 715 Arlington, VA 22202 RE: RIN 3037-AA16 Prohibition on the Payment of Subminimum Wages Under 14(c) Certificates as a Qualification for Participation as a Nonprofit Agency Under … Continue reading NDY Comment Supporting Proposed (& Long Overdue) Prohibition of Subminimum Wages
News of the Portuguese parliament’s passage of a euthanasia bill was included in the November 6th Medical Futility Blog, mentioning that new language was deemed more precise than a previous version that had failed constitutional standards. Interestingly, the blog did not reveal the actual content of the new bill and linked only to a non-English … Continue reading Euthanasia Bill Targeting Disabled People Passed By Portuguese Parliament
On November 2, Newsweek published an excellent op-ed by Matt Valliere, Executive Director of the Patients Rights Action Fund (PRAF), entitled The Brutal, Tragic, Consequences of Quality of Life Judgements. Though PRAF’s mission is focused on opposing assisted suicide laws, the op-ed does an uncommonly good job discussing other discriminatory and harmful medical practices that … Continue reading Matt Valliere On the Many Harms of Medical Quality of Life Judgments
