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Press Release: Not Dead Yet Applauds Disability Rights Advocates for Key Role in Stalling New Jersey Assisted Suicide Bill

June 27, 2014assisted suicide, dredf, john kelly, Marilyn Golden, new jersey, Our News & Commentary Blogassisted suicide, Diane Coleman, John Kelly, Marilyn Golden, New JerseyDiane Coleman

[Editor’s Note: The PRWeb version of this release in pdf format with a photo of John Kelly is available here.] In a stunning defeat today for proponents of assisted suicide, the New Jersey assisted suicide bill A2270 was pulled from the floor and tabled until September for lack of votes. Not Dead Yet applauded New … Continue reading Press Release: Not Dead Yet Applauds Disability Rights Advocates for Key Role in Stalling New Jersey Assisted Suicide Bill →

Disability Rights Leadership Institute on Bioethics: Advancing the Disability Rights Perspective on Bioethics Issues

May 2, 2014Amy Hasbrouck, ari ne'eman, ASAN, Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, bill peace, bioethics, Bob Kafka, dredf, Liz Carr, national council on independent living, NDRN, Norm Kunc, Our News & Commentary Blog, Toujours Vivant-Not Dead YetAutistic Self Advocacy Network, bioethics, Diane Coleman, Disability Rights Leadership Institute on Bioethics, Dredf, Liz Carr, Marilyn GoldenDiane Coleman

Months of work came to fruition on April 25 – 26, 2014 at the Crystal City Marriott in Arlington, VA. Conference planning experts told us to expect a 10% no show rate, but out of our final count of 68 who signed up to attend (we had initially expected about 50), only 3 missed it. … Continue reading Disability Rights Leadership Institute on Bioethics: Advancing the Disability Rights Perspective on Bioethics Issues →

Assisted Suicide Is A Deadly Mix With Our Profit-Driven Healthcare System

March 23, 2014"death with dignity", assisted suicide, Connecticut, Deadly Mix, dredf, ira byock, life-sustaining treatment, Malpractice, media coverage, Our News & Commentary Blog, storiesassisted suicide, Connecticut, Dredf, media coverageDiane Coleman

In the debate over the public policy of legalizing assisted suicide, proponents of so-called “Death With Dignity” acts often tell personal stories of a loved one’s difficult experiences while dying. When I hear that someone was screaming in pain, my first thought is “malpractice.” My father died of bone cancer, a very painful type of … Continue reading Assisted Suicide Is A Deadly Mix With Our Profit-Driven Healthcare System →

DREDF Urges New Mexico Attorney General to Appeal Lower Court Assisted Suicide Ruling

January 30, 2014aid in dying, assisted suicide, court decisions, dredf, Marilyn Golden, New Mexico, Our News & Commentary BlogNew MexicoDiane Coleman

As our regular readers know, disability rights advocates have already spoken out against the recent New Mexico District Court ruling exempting assisted suicides of people with a “terminal” prognosis from the state law against assisted suicide. NDY published a blog about the ruling and the Albuquerque Journal carried an op-ed by Marilyn Golden, Senior Policy … Continue reading DREDF Urges New Mexico Attorney General to Appeal Lower Court Assisted Suicide Ruling →

DREDF Senior Policy Analyst Weighs In On New Mexico Assisted Suicide Case

January 19, 2014aid in dying, assisted suicide, court decisions, dredf, Marilyn Golden, New Mexico, Our News & Commentary Blogassisted suicide, Dredf, Marilyn Golden, New MexicoDiane Coleman

There’s been no shortage of reactions to the New Mexico lower court ruling enjoining prosecutions of physician assisted suicide in that state, but we rarely see the disability perspective hit the mainstream press so quickly as Marilyn Golden’s op ed in the Albuquerque Journal. In Assisted suicide full of dangers, which appeared in the Journal’s … Continue reading DREDF Senior Policy Analyst Weighs In On New Mexico Assisted Suicide Case →