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Disability Activists Protest Holding Paralympic Torch Ceremony At Site of Disability Massacre

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In 2016, nineteen people with disabilities were brutally murdered by a former employee of a residential facility in Sagamihara, Japan. NDY reported on this Hate Crime: A killing rampage targets disabled people and on an ONLINE VIGIL FOR THE MURDERED DISABLED PEOPLE OF SAGAMIHARA. We also wrote a Statement on the First Anniversary of the Sagamihara Murders in … Continue reading Disability Activists Protest Holding Paralympic Torch Ceremony At Site of Disability Massacre →

Second Thoughts CT Protests Conflation of Assisted Suicide and Abortion Issues

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In response to a rally sponsored by the Connecticut Catholic Public Affairs Conference, Second Thoughts Connecticut held a counter protest objecting to the Catholic group’s linking of support for pregnancy care centers with opposition to assisted suicide. According to Second Thoughts CT’s press release: Stephen Mendelsohn, a member of Second Thoughts Connecticut, said, “By mixing … Continue reading Second Thoughts CT Protests Conflation of Assisted Suicide and Abortion Issues →

Joan Cavanagh: State needs health care, not “death with dignity”

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[Published in the CTPost on April 1, 2021, and New Haven Register April 3.] State needs health care, not “death with dignity” Joan Cavanagh Apr 1, 2021 Anyone who has been with loved ones facing serious, painful illness will empathize deeply with the testimonies in Ed Stannard’s Sunday, March 21 article. I have. And I … Continue reading Joan Cavanagh: State needs health care, not “death with dignity” →

Michael Hickson’s Widow Files Civil Case Against Guardian Agency That Consented To His Death

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[Press Release from the law firm involved:] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 16, 2021 Chicago, Illinois ROBBINS, SALOMON & PATT, LTD. SEEKS JUSTICE FOR MICHAEL HICKSON, FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST GUARDIANSHIP PROGRAM Robbins, Salomon & Patt, Ltd. (RSP) on March 10, 2021, filed a lawsuit against Family Eldercare, Inc., a Texas guardianship program and two of its … Continue reading Michael Hickson’s Widow Files Civil Case Against Guardian Agency That Consented To His Death →

Lisa Blumberg: It’s not end-of-of life care. It’s assisted suicide, and it needs to be stopped

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It’s not end-of-of life care. It’s assisted suicide, and it needs to be stopped Hartford Courant, March 16, 2021 It defies imagination that Connecticut is contemplating legalizing assisted suicide when COVID-19 deaths have exceeded 500,000 nationwide. The virus has laid bare the inequities and prejudices of our health system. Low-income people and people of color … Continue reading Lisa Blumberg: It’s not end-of-of life care. It’s assisted suicide, and it needs to be stopped →