[Ed. Note: This guest column by Diane Coleman appeared in nj.com on October 26, 2018, and in the New Jersey Star Ledger print edition on October 29.] I have an advanced neuromuscular condition and must use breathing support with a mask 18 hours a day. As a severely disabled person who depends on life-sustaining treatment, I … Continue reading I depend on life-support to stay alive. Why I oppose assisted suicide laws
The Albany Times Union just carried a letter by Denise Figueroa, Executive Director of the Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley, in response to an opinion piece by the Executive Director of the national assisted suicide advocacy group, who is also one of the drafters of the Oregon law upon which the New York … Continue reading NY Independent Living Exec Letter Points To Dangers in Former Insurance Exec’s Assisted Suicide Bill
For Immediate Release: October 26, 2014 Contact: Anita Cameron, 720-369-6983 Dawn Russell, 303-884-1471 Disability Rights Activists Protest Compassion and Choices President Visit Boulder, CO – Disability rights activists from Not Dead Yet and ADAPT are protesting the visit to the West Boulder Senior Center of Compassion and Choices President, Barbara Coombs Lee. Coombs Lee is … Continue reading Boulder, CO: Disability Rights Activists Protest Compassion and Choices President Visit
[Editor’s Note: The PRWeb version of this Press Statement is available online in pdf format here.] Not Dead Yet and Second Thoughts, disability rights groups that oppose legalization of assisted suicide, issue the following Statement in support of Dr. Ira Byock’s role in the public policy debate spurred by the Brittany Maynard case: “Dr. Ira … Continue reading Press Statement: Disability Rights Groups Not Dead Yet and Second Thoughts Issue Statement Defending Dr. Ira Byock in Assisted Suicide Debate
(Editor’s note: The following is a revised version of an op-ed I drafted in response to the front page story published in the New York Times on February 8. ‘Aid in Dying’ Movement Takes Hold in Some States was written by reporter Erick Eckholm. We’ve been informed that that the Times isn’t considering any op-eds … Continue reading Response to NYT Front Page Public Relations “Article” Promoting Assisted Suicide
