Category Archives: disability rights advocates

From Stephen Mendelsohn: More Media, Etc. From Connecticut Hearings on Assisted Suicide

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Stephen Mendelsohn, a disability activist and advocate with Second Thoughts Connecticut, sent this long list of media and some commentary.  I’m very grateful for this and this really deserves a post of its own.  Everything below was compiled and written by Stephen Mendelsohn – we’re all thankful to him for all his work and his … Continue reading From Stephen Mendelsohn: More Media, Etc. From Connecticut Hearings on Assisted Suicide →

Canada: CBC Interview with Norm Kunc About Disability Rights Advocates’ Opposition to Legalization of Euthanasia/Assisted Suicide

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Below is an embedded video.  It’s an interview of disability rights activist/advocate/scholar/author Norm Kunc.  He was with other anti-assisted suicide/euthanasia protesters in Vancouver yesterday.  A trancript of the interview is provided below video.  I transcribed it myself, so I cannot guarantee it’s error-free, but it’s at worst pretty darn close to verbatim. Norm Kunc: Well, … Continue reading Canada: CBC Interview with Norm Kunc About Disability Rights Advocates’ Opposition to Legalization of Euthanasia/Assisted Suicide →

NDY Activists Leaflet Justice Action Center (NY Law School) Featuring Opponents Discussing “Disability Concerns” Without Including Disability Rights Activists to Speak for Ourselves

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Last Friday, three disability activists in New York City went to the Justice Action Center at the NY Law School to distribute flyers protesting the way in which a symposium on “Freedom of Choice at the End of Life” handled “issues of concern” that people with disabilities have with proponents of assisted suicide (and other … Continue reading NDY Activists Leaflet Justice Action Center (NY Law School) Featuring Opponents Discussing “Disability Concerns” Without Including Disability Rights Activists to Speak for Ourselves →

RELEASE: Massachusetts Disability Rights Activists Relieved That Voters Defeated Assisted Suicide Initiative

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Massachusetts Disability Rights Activists Relieved That Voters Defeated Assisted Suicide Initiative Massachusetts disability rights activists from the group Second Thoughts breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday night as voters appear to have closely defeated Question 2, which would have legalized assisted suicide in the state. National Not Dead Yet applauds Second Thoughts leadership in the … Continue reading RELEASE: Massachusetts Disability Rights Activists Relieved That Voters Defeated Assisted Suicide Initiative →

Bioethicist Endorses Mass. Assisted Suicide Bill in a Sloppy and Intellectually Lazy Essay

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Art Caplan has an opinion piece that came out yesterday – and it’s linked from just about every conceivable place on NBC and MSNBC.  It’s an endorsement of the proposed legalization of assisted suicide on the ballot in Massachusetts.  While disappointing, it’s not that big a surprise; Caplan has been sliding toward this unqualified endorsement … Continue reading Bioethicist Endorses Mass. Assisted Suicide Bill in a Sloppy and Intellectually Lazy Essay →