Not Dead Yet is proud to join Sean Curran and five other organizational plaintiffs (Delaware ADAPT, Freedom Center for Independent Living, United Spinal Association, National Council on Independent Living, Institute for Patients’ Rights) in a lawsuit against health agencies in Delaware and their use of the End of Life Options Act (EOLOA). Not Dead Yet […]
By Lisa Blumberg Lisa Blumberg The traditional strategy of groups promoting assisted suicide for initially passing a law legalizing the practice is by touting a few minimal requirements as inviolable safeguards. Assisted suicide, they assert, will be a rarely used option for a small, well-vetted cohort of people who are dying, suffering and with […]
Yesterday (Sept. 7) Delaware’s Daily State News published an opinion piece by the Chair of the State Council for Persons with Disabilities who is also the parent of a person with developmental disabilities. In the article, Terri Hancharick stated in part: Delaware’s assisted suicide bill is based on legislation in Oregon, where assisted suicide was […]
Physician-assisted suicide discriminates against persons with disabilities Daniese McMullin-Powell May 23, 2023 Assisted suicide is a dangerous public policy that threatens the most vulnerable in society, especially people like me – people with disabilities. Upon initial consideration, many do not see how assisted suicide is particularly dangerous to the disability community. However, based on the […]
[WDEL coverage of press conference by disability advocates held Jan. 18 in Delaware:] ‘This uncontrollable freight train’ | Persons with disabilities speak out against Delaware assisted suicide bill DJ McAneny Published Jan 18, 2022 While HB140, a bill looking to legalize assisted suicide for certain individuals in Delaware, is set to be discussed in the House Health […]
According to HB 140, End of Life Options Bill, RX for death is described as palliative care that should be standardized for end-of-life care? I cannot ever agree that purposefully dying improves the delivery of any quality of services. Delaware’s House Bill 140 states. “WHEREAS, the integration of medical aid in dying into the standard […]
The sponsor of the Delaware assisted suicide bill introduced an amendment apparently designed to address disability related concerns. It’s always good to know that disability opposition has gotten their attention, but this amendment is a total failure and completely misses the point, any point we’ve made. A disability response to the amendment is below. The battle […]
Photo: Red-haired woman sitting in wheelchair with legs crossed, holding leash with service dog sitting next to her. House Health and Human Development Committee June 7, 2017 Daniese McMullin-Powell, Delaware Not Dead Yet OPPOSE HB 160, End of Life Options Doctors will be prescribing barbiturates with instructions to ingest 100 pills on an empty stomach […]
This week, the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Stateline carried an article entitled “New End-of-Life Measure Quietly Sweeps the Nation.” The measure described is Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST), sometimes also called Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST). According to the National POLST Paradigm website, POLST originated in 1991, and 14 states had adopted it by […]
