One sign of the skewed nature of media coverage and the times we live in is how little time and attention are given to the very real life-and-death situations facing people in the UK in the face of draconian shredding of the social safety net for disabled people. Some of that shredding is already done … Continue reading CNN: ‘Second Thoughts’ Dir. John Kelly Takes on Final Exit Network and Tony Nicklinson
Yesterday’s (April 29) edition of the Boston Globe featured a long article about some of the issues and players central to November elections in Massachusetts when voters will decide whether or not to legalize assisted suicide in their state. The good news is that John Kelly, director of Second Thoughts – people with disabilities opposed … Continue reading ‘Second Thoughts’ Director John Kelly in Boston Globe Article on Assisted Suicide Referendum
Today’s (March 14, 2012) edition of the Wall Street Journal features a story by reporter Stephen Miller on the death of Peter Goodwin. Goodwin was a physician who campaigned for passage of Oregon’s assisted suicide law. Goodwin died Sunday, after drinking a medication prescribed by his physician to end his life. I admit I haven’t … Continue reading Wall Street Journal: ‘Second Thoughts’ Director John Kelly Quoted in Article on Assisted Suicide Advocates Death
SECOND THOUGHTS People with Disabilities Opposing the Legalization of Assisted Suicide FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 6, 2012 CONTACTS John Kelly 617- 250-8918 Karen Schneiderman 617-338-6665, ext. 204 Disability Rights Group Second Thoughts to Testify against Assisted Suicide Initiative Disability rights activists from across Massachusetts will be speaking today before the Massachusetts legislature’s joint Judiciary … Continue reading RELEASE: Massachusetts Disability Rights Activists to Testify Against Assisted Suicide Initiative
John Kelly is the Director of the recently-formed Second Thoughts, a Massachusetts-based group of disability rights advocates opposing the legalization of assisted suicide. The essay below refers mainly to an article on Christina Symanski that appeared in the Huffington Post, originally in the sites “Weird News” section. Symanski was a young woman who starved and … Continue reading The Death of Christina Symanski – John Kelly and Bill Peace on Media, Perspective, Wrong Questions and Ignored Issues
