Category Archives: Lisa Blumberg

Lisa Blumberg Published in Newsweek: Assisted Suicide Laws Violate the ADA

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Today’s Newsweek features a terrific opinion piece by disability advocate and attorney Lisa Blumberg! Here’s a photo, excerpt and link to the whole article: Assisted Suicide Laws Violate the Americans with Disabilities Act This summer, disability rights advocates sued California over its so-called End of Life Options Act. Under this 2016 law, assisted suicide is … Continue reading Lisa Blumberg Published in Newsweek: Assisted Suicide Laws Violate the ADA →

Victory in Connecticut! News Coverage, Lisa Blumberg’s Letter Published

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The Connecticut Joint Judiciary Committee did not call a vote on the state’s assisted suicide bill (SB 1076) yesterday, killing the bill! Recent examples of NDY blogs reporting on efforts there include: ·      Op Ed: Lisa Blumberg: Can Conn. Live With Aid in Dying Being Law? ·      Cathy Ludlum: Nietzsche and Assisted Suicide in Connecticut … Continue reading Victory in Connecticut! News Coverage, Lisa Blumberg’s Letter Published →

Lisa Blumberg: Promoting the Better Dead Than Disabled Ethos to Kids

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Canada has the broadest euthanasia law in the world. Both people who are ill and people who have disabilities deemed to cause them to suffer may request that a doctor or nurse practitioner provide them with a drug induced death. (1) Alan Nichols, a 61-year-old man with a history of depression was euthanized, over the … Continue reading Lisa Blumberg: Promoting the Better Dead Than Disabled Ethos to Kids →

Lisa Blumberg: Getting Beyond Advance Medical Directives

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For years, advance medical directives, popularly known as living wills, have been promoted as giving people control over what happens to them at “end of life”, i.e., when they are in dire medical straits. (1)  It is hard to disagree with the concept. Certainly, people have the right to refuse treatment they don’t find helpful … Continue reading Lisa Blumberg: Getting Beyond Advance Medical Directives →

Belated News – Lisa Blumberg Powerful Op-Ed Published, But Then Bad CA Bill Signed

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We just learned that Lisa Blumberg’s excellent op-ed about the dangers of California’s assisted suicide expansion bill was published in Inside Sources on September 13. Four months earlier, Marilyn Golden’s op-ed in Capitol Weekly was also published. DREDF as well as Disability Rights California and others worked to oppose SB 380’s reductions in the minimal … Continue reading Belated News – Lisa Blumberg Powerful Op-Ed Published, But Then Bad CA Bill Signed →