Category Archives: New York

Stephanie Woodward Will Represent NDY and ADAPT at Albany Press Conference

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Contact: Matille Thebolt: mthebolt@CRCPublicRelations.com or Emily Degnan: edegnan@crcpublicrelations.com 703-683-5004 ***Media Advisory*** Patient and Disability Rights Advocates Hold Press Conference to Warn of the Dangers of Assisted Suicide What:                      Patient and disability rights advocates will hold a news conference to warn of the dangers of legalized assisted suicide in their state. Assembly Bill A2694 and Senate … Continue reading Stephanie Woodward Will Represent NDY and ADAPT at Albany Press Conference →

Media Advisory: Doctor-Prescribed Suicide Laws Are Bad Public Policy

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NDY issued the Media Advisory below on the Monday morning, January 28, 2019. No coverage of the assisted suicide issue is fair and balanced without the perspective of New York disability organizations and individuals who oppose it. (Proponents of bills to legalize assisted suicide will be holding a press conference at the state capital in … Continue reading Media Advisory: Doctor-Prescribed Suicide Laws Are Bad Public Policy →

NDY Submits Public Comment to NY Dept. of Health on Advance Care Planning

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The New York Department of Health recently requested public input from health care providers and patients on how to make advance care planning forms more understandable and easy to use. The Department provided a response template with questions focused on people’s experiences with three forms: the health care proxy, out-of-hospital do not resuscitate order (DNR) … Continue reading NDY Submits Public Comment to NY Dept. of Health on Advance Care Planning →

Disability Activist Stephanie Woodward Quoted In An NY Newspaper Article

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An article in the Altamont Enterprise included some great quotes by disability rights activist Stephanie Woodward. Stephanie Woodward, director of advocacy at the Center for Disability Rights, said that “assisted suicide has a discriminatory, disparate impact on disabled people that is deadly and can’t be reversed.” Data from the state of Oregon, where medical aid-in-dying … Continue reading Disability Activist Stephanie Woodward Quoted In An NY Newspaper Article →

More Testimony From NYC: Jose Hernandez and Sharon Shapiro-Lacks

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Here are some more great testimonies shared with the New York Assembly Health Committee on May 3. Jose Hernandez shared his mother’s story in a powerful and moving letter: My mother was diagnosed with stage IV ovarian cancer in 1988 when she was just 28 years old in Puerto Rico. They had given her 6 … Continue reading More Testimony From NYC: Jose Hernandez and Sharon Shapiro-Lacks →