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NCIL’s Lindsay Baran & NDY’s Anne Sommers Collaborate on Op-Ed in Washington Examiner

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As NDY previously reported, Lindsay Baran of the National Council on Independent Living, Anne Sommers of NDY and several other disability advocates testified on July 10th against an assisted suicide bill pending before the District of Columbia Council Health and Human Services Committee.  The NDY blog on the DC hearing included a video of Anne … Continue reading NCIL’s Lindsay Baran & NDY’s Anne Sommers Collaborate on Op-Ed in Washington Examiner →

NDY Press Release: NDY Files Brief In New Mexico Assisted Suicide Case

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[Editor’s Note:  The October 1, 2015 press release below is also available online in PDF format through PRWeb here.  The friend-of-the-court brief described in the release can be read here.] Not Dead Yet and Five Other National Disability Groups File Friend of the Court Brief in New Mexico Supreme Court in Assisted Suicide Case On … Continue reading NDY Press Release: NDY Files Brief In New Mexico Assisted Suicide Case →

NDY Board Chair Anne Sommers delivers powerful testimony (video)

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The disability community turned out in force to oppose an assisted suicide bill currently pending in the District of Columbia, and our help is still needed. The DC Council’s Health and Human Services Committee held a hearing on the bill (B21-38) on July 10th, and NDY’s Board Chair, Anne Sommers, delivered powerful testimony. Her full … Continue reading NDY Board Chair Anne Sommers delivers powerful testimony (video) →

NDY Press Release: Disability rights advocates are having a busy week opposing legalization of assisted suicide

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[Editor’s note:  The PRWeb version of this press release including a photo of NDY Board Chair Anne Sommers is available in pdf format here.] Not Dead Yet leaders as well as advocates from several national and local disability rights groups are having a busy week opposing assisted suicide laws being considered by legislatures in California … Continue reading NDY Press Release: Disability rights advocates are having a busy week opposing legalization of assisted suicide →

Coleman Op-Ed: Why disability rights advocates oppose assisted suicide

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This past Monday, the Syracuse Post Standard published an op-ed I wrote that gives a bit of the history behind the position that so many national disability groups have taken in opposing assisted suicide laws.  Our position often surprises people because we are also such strong supporters of self-determination by people with disabilities, but we … Continue reading Coleman Op-Ed: Why disability rights advocates oppose assisted suicide →