Within three weeks of Not Dead Yet’s beginning on April 27, 1996, National ADAPT held a series of protests for home and community based long term services. During a moment of down time, I sat with Bob Liston, Marsha Katz and several other ADAPT activists to plan for our first protest against “Dr. Death,” Jack Kevorkian. (For … Continue reading We’ve Lost A Strong and Gentle Warrior Hero – Bob Liston
Elenor Schoen has written a good analysis of the recent efforts of Compassion and Choices (aka “Conflation and Con Jobs”) in several states in the National Catholic Register. I recommend reading the whole article, titled “Selling Assisted Suicide, State by State,” but I’ll share the last part of the article, devoted to disability concerns, as … Continue reading NDY Organizer Bob Liston Quoted in “Selling Assisted Suicide” in National Catholic Register
Tomorrow (Sept. 2, 2009) the Montana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Montana Attorney General’s challenge of a lower court ruling that defined assisted suicide as a “right.” Today’s edition of the New York Times contains a fairly good account of the stakes – and stakeholders – in the current legal battle in … Continue reading NY Times: Montana Court to Rule on Assisted Suicide Case (NDY Quoted)
Earlier this month, a Montana District Court Judge ruled that “terminally ill” patients have a right to assisted suicide under that state’s constitution. Judge Dorothy McCarter dismissed the arguments that this was a legislative matter, and suggested that “terminally ill” and “competent” can be easily defined in terms of figuring out how to implement this … Continue reading Catching Up – Montana Judge Rules Assisted Suicide a Constitutional Right
