Category Archives: Marilyn Golden

Disability Activists “Greet” Euthanasia Activist in San Francisco

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This just in from Marilyn Golden, Policy Analyst at Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF): (The date for the events below was November 10, 2009) On Tuesday morning, three anti-assisted suicide advocates from the San Francisco Bay Area disability community, Paul Longmore, Walter Park, and myself came to the San Francisco Buddhist Center (which … Continue reading Disability Activists “Greet” Euthanasia Activist in San Francisco →

Forbes: Article on “end of life” provisions in House health care bill quotes Diane Coleman and Marilyn Golden

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Today, Forbes.com published an article by David Whelan entitled “ObamaCare Dives Into End-Of-Life Debate.” Lead sentence: Buried halfway through the current version of “America’s Affordable Health Choices Act,” the House version of ObamaCare, is a set of proposals pertaining to end-of-life care. What follows is a pretty balanced and nonhysterical look at what is in … Continue reading Forbes: Article on “end of life” provisions in House health care bill quotes Diane Coleman and Marilyn Golden →

New Hampshire: Testimony Against Assisted Suicide Bill at House Judiciary Committee

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Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee of the New Hampshire legislature held a hearing on a bill that would legalize assisted suicide in that state. Diane Coleman, founder and President of Not Dead Yet, wrote about it on the Center for Disability Rights blog yesterday: Many people know that CDR is active in advocacy on the … Continue reading New Hampshire: Testimony Against Assisted Suicide Bill at House Judiciary Committee →