On February 8, the Maryland Senate’s Judicial Proceedings Committee held a public hearing on a proposed assisted suicide bill (SB0443). That morning prior to the hearing, the Patients Rights Action Fund organized a press conference of opponents. Anita Cameron represented Not Dead Yet and made the following compelling arguments against the bill. Anita Cameron’s Press […]
Disability rights activists are working to oppose Maryland’s assisted suicide bill, SB 701, on several fronts. They are active participants in the broad spectrum coalition called Maryland Against Physician Assisted Suicide. The coalition has been preparing for the first hearing on the bill, scheduled for Friday, February 28 beginning at 12:00 noon. On February 17, […]
[Sheryl’s personal story and compelling message applies to EVERY STATE with an assisted suicide bill.] Dear Senator: As a disabled MD resident, I implore you to vote no on this very harmful legislation. What has been marketed as a bill increasing choice of those with terminal illness (who almost always meet the federal definition of […]
No coverage of the assisted suicide issue is fair and balanced without the perspective of disability organizations and individuals who oppose it. Today, the Maryland House Health and Government Operations and Judiciary Committees are holding a joint legislative hearing on proposed physician-assisted suicide legislation – House Bill 399. The committees decided to allow all witnesses in favor of the bill […]
Statement to the House Health ad Government Operations and Judiciary Committees Re: House Bill 370—“End of Life Options Act” Thursday, February 16, 2017 OPPOSE Madam Chair, Delegates, and fellow citizens, I am here today to oppose House Bill 370, the “End of Life Options Act”. My name is Sheryl Grossman. I have a very rare, […]
The Patients Rights Action Fund (PRAF) just sent out a very helpful summary of the failures of assisted suicide bills in 2016 so far. Quoting from the PRAF press release: Overview of where assisted suicide bill have been rejected so far in 2016: Maryland – This week assisted suicide proponents withdrew legislation noting to the […]
On Tuesday, March 10, the Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee conducted a hearing on Senate Bill 676, which would legalize assisted suicide in the state of Maryland if passed. Crosby King testified on behalf on Not Dead Yet. Below is an excerpt of his written testimony. The full text is available here. We already see […]
Today ( Feb. 21, 2012) in the Maryland legislature, the House Health and Government Operations Committee held a hearing on HB 449, a bill to grant health care surrogates the power to donate “non-vital” organs (a kidney or lobe of a liver) of a person diagnosed to be in a persistent vegetative state (PVS). I […]
