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Jensen Caraballo: The Misguided Compassion of Assisted Suicide in Disability

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Introduction Assisted suicide is often presented as a compassionate choice for those experiencing unbearable suffering. However, as someone who has navigated life’s challenges as a disability rights advocate and someone who was once confined to a nursing home, I see a troubling oversight in this narrative. It fails to consider the systemic barriers that prevent … Continue reading Jensen Caraballo: The Misguided Compassion of Assisted Suicide in Disability →

NDY Comment on Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association’s Statement on “MAiD”

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Not Dead Yet Comment on HPNA’s Statement on “Medical Aid in Dying” July 5, 2024 Not Dead Yet is a national disability rights organization focused on combatting disability based healthcare discrimination, particularly in the context of advanced or terminal illness. We are extremely disappointed that HPNA [Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association] would consider adopting a … Continue reading NDY Comment on Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association’s Statement on “MAiD” →

Anita Cameron: Fight for Life and Health – Not Assisted Suicide!

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As we in the Black community celebrate freedom, liberation, and life on Juneteenth, there is a movement afoot that will endanger the lives of the most vulnerable in our community. This dangerous movement is the push for legalization of assisted suicide, sometimes called medical assisted suicide, across the United States. Assisted suicide is when someone, … Continue reading Anita Cameron: Fight for Life and Health – Not Assisted Suicide! →

NDY’s Amy Hasbrouck Speaks Out In Article On Canadian “MAiD Gone Wrong”

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NDY Board Member Amy Hasbrouck was quoted extensively in an article exposing the fact that disabled people in Canada are being granted euthanasia while being denied sufficient supports to live. The article is both linked and pasted below: MAiD gone wrong: lack of access to supports cited in deaths BY  Michael Swan, The Catholic Register … Continue reading NDY’s Amy Hasbrouck Speaks Out In Article On Canadian “MAiD Gone Wrong” →

Assisted Suicide Is Not About Autonomy; It Is A Symptom of Systems Which Deny Autonomy To Sick And Disabled People

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Guest Blog by Kathleen Nicole O’Neal    On June 16, 2022, a forty-four-year-old Italian citizen named Federico Carboni became the first patient in the history of his country to die by medically assisted suicide. Twelve years ago, Carboni was working as a trucker when he found himself seriously injured in a traffic accident that put him … Continue reading Assisted Suicide Is Not About Autonomy; It Is A Symptom of Systems Which Deny Autonomy To Sick And Disabled People →