Category Archives: media coverage

Wall Street Journal – NDY’s Coleman & Drake Pen Op-ed on Assisted Suicide, Brain Death and Advance Directives

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Today’s (April 6, 2012) edition of the Wall Street Journal features an op-ed by Diane Coleman and Stephen Drake of Not Dead Yet.  It’s titled ‘Second Thoughts’ Grow on Assisted Suicide.”  You can read the first two paragraphs below.  At this time, full access to the article is available only to subscribers of the paper.  … Continue reading Wall Street Journal – NDY’s Coleman & Drake Pen Op-ed on Assisted Suicide, Brain Death and Advance Directives →

Wall Street Journal: ‘Second Thoughts’ Director John Kelly Quoted in Article on Assisted Suicide Advocates Death

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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 →

The Death of Christina Symanski – John Kelly and Bill Peace on Media, Perspective, Wrong Questions and Ignored Issues

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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 →

NDY President Diane Coleman’s Letter to National Post re: Poll on Assisted Suicide

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Last week, the National Post reported on a recent poll of Canadians in which 67% of the poll respondents indicated their support for legalized assisted suicide for people who are “terminally ill.”  NDY President Diane Coleman fired off a letter to the Post and it was published on Tuesday, January 6.  The link for the … Continue reading NDY President Diane Coleman’s Letter to National Post re: Poll on Assisted Suicide →

Massachusetts: John Kelly of Second Thoughts Interviewed on Boston Neighborhood Network

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On December 9, we shared the press release of the newly-formed Second Thoughts disability group in Massachusetts.  The group formed to oppose the Massachusetts assisted suicide initiative, which is being promoted by what is more or less the local branch of Compassion & Choices (aka “conflation & con jobs”). Second Thoughts is led by disability … Continue reading Massachusetts: John Kelly of Second Thoughts Interviewed on Boston Neighborhood Network →