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Press Release: Disability Opposition to Assisted Suicide Bills Helped Secure Third Defeat In New England States This Session

[Editor’s note: For the PRWeb online version of this release in pdf format, go here.] On Friday, it became official: for the second consecutive year, the Connecticut legislature rejected assisted suicide legislation. Disability advocates celebrated as the state’s Public Health Committee, like the Massachusetts Joint Committee On Public Health a week earlier, let its assisted … Continue reading Press Release: Disability Opposition to Assisted Suicide Bills Helped Secure Third Defeat In New England States This Session →

[Ed. Note: For the PRWeb version of this release in pdf format, plus links to John Kelly’s and Stephen Mendelsohn’s testimonies, go here.] Not Dead Yet’s New England director, John Kelly, will be joining disability rights activists in Concord, New Hampshire on Tuesday, February 4, to testify against HB 1325, an assisted suicide bill. The … Continue reading NDY Press Release: Not Dead Yet, Second Thoughts To Testify Against New Hampshire Assisted Suicide Bill →

From the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Blog: (Note – the op-ed mentioned below is included at the end of the media advisory, instead of just linked as stated in test) CCD Media Advisory: Suicide Celebration Instead of Suicide Prevention 23 April 2013, WINNIPEG, MB According to media reports, Susan Griffiths’ assisted suicide will likely … Continue reading Council of Canadians with Disabilities Media Advisory – Suicide Celebration Instead of Suicide Prevention →

For Immediate Release On February 7, 2013, Princeton attorney Anne Studholme will testify on behalf of two national disability rights groups in a hearing held by the New Jersey Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee on a proposed bill to legalize assisted suicide. Studholme will be representing Not Dead Yet and ADAPT, which oppose the … Continue reading RELEASE: Princeton Attorney Anne Studholme to Testify on Behalf of Disability Groups in New Jersey Assembly Hearing on Assisted Suicide →

President of Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights Testifies Against Legalization of Assisted Suicide in State Senate Committee Hearing Ed Paquin, president of the Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights, represented the disability rights community in hearings held in the state’s Senate Health and Welfare Committee last week regarding a bill to legalize physician assisted suicide. Not … Continue reading RELEASE – Vermont: President of State Coalition for Disability Rights Testifies Against Legalization of Assisted Suicide in State Senate Committee Hearing →