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NDY Submits Comments On Adult Protective Services Guidelines

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The Administration for Community Living (part of the Administration on Aging within the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services) is seeking comments on draft voluntary consensus guidelines for Adult Protective Services.  The original deadline for comments was October 30, but it’s been extended to November 13.  More information and a portal for submitting online comments … Continue reading NDY Submits Comments On Adult Protective Services Guidelines →

NDY Press Release: NDY Files Brief In New Mexico Assisted Suicide Case

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[Editor’s Note:  The October 1, 2015 press release below is also available online in PDF format through PRWeb here.  The friend-of-the-court brief described in the release can be read here.] Not Dead Yet and Five Other National Disability Groups File Friend of the Court Brief in New Mexico Supreme Court in Assisted Suicide Case On … Continue reading NDY Press Release: NDY Files Brief In New Mexico Assisted Suicide Case →

John Kelly: Urging California Governor Brown to Veto! Veto! Veto!

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FOR AN IMPORTANT UPDATE OF THIS POST, GO JOHN KELLY’S SEPT. 19 BLOG! [Editor’s note:  By now, most of you know that assisted suicide proponents ramrodded a bill through the California special session convened to work on the state’s Medicaid budget, after the bill was killed in the regular session.  Too many legislators chose to … Continue reading John Kelly: Urging California Governor Brown to Veto! Veto! Veto! →

Coleman Letter to CA Assembly Members Opposing Assisted Suicide Bill; Action Alert

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Versions of the letter below have gone to various California legislative committees and key members.  We are down to the wire, with an Assembly vote possible today, but more likely tomorrow (Wed., Sept. 9th).  California is one of the most influential states in the country and it’s unconscionable, after assisted suicide bills were defeated on … Continue reading Coleman Letter to CA Assembly Members Opposing Assisted Suicide Bill; Action Alert →

DREDF and ASAN Oppose “End Run” Assisted Suicide Bill in California Assembly

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Having failed to get any traction in the California Assembly Health and Judiciary Committees during the regular legislative session, proponents of assisted suicide legislation did an end run around the appropriate process and brought another bill up in a special session convened to address state budget issues.  As Marilyn Golden, senior policy analyst for the … Continue reading DREDF and ASAN Oppose “End Run” Assisted Suicide Bill in California Assembly →