April 15, 2024 To: California Senate Health and Judiciary Committees From: Diane Coleman, JD, President & CEO, Not Dead Yet Re: Letter Opposing Proposed SB 1196 Amendments to the End of Life Option Act This letter is filed on behalf of Not Dead Yet, a national disability organization headquartered in New York with members in […]
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 […]
Today, Anita Cameron testified via online access to oppose Minnesota’s assisted suicide bill while John Kelly and Diane Coleman submitted written testimony to the MN House of Representatives Health Finance and Policy Committee. Below are excerpts from each and their names links to their full testimonies. Anita Cameron Research has documented Black, Asian, and Hispanic […]
Anita Cameron’s Remarks Before the New York State Bar Association Task Force on Medical Aid in Dying November 17, 2023 Good morning. I’m Anita Cameron, Director of Minority Outreach for Not Dead Yet, a national, grassroots disability organization opposed to medical discrimination, healthcare rationing, euthanasia and assisted suicide. Assisted suicide laws are dangerous because though […]
Representatives of Not Dead Yet, Second Thoughts Massachusetts and other people with disabilities testified in opposition to a proposed bill to legalize assisted suicide at a hearing held on October 20th before the Joint Committee on Public Health of the Massachusetts legislature. Witnesses were given only two minutes each for oral testimony and could also submit written […]
Testimony in Opposition to Delaware House Blll 140 Chair Minor-Brown, Vice Chair Harris, Members of the Committee on Health & Human Development: My name is John B. Kelly. I am the New England Regional Director for Not Dead Yet, the leading national disability rights group opposing assisted suicide, futility judgments, and “better dead than disabled” […]
Cathy Ludlum PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE Testimony Opposing SB 88 An Act Concerning Aid in Dying for Terminally Ill Patients February 23, 2022 Co-chairs and members of the Public Health Committee: My name is Cathy Ludlum, and I am one of the leaders of Second Thoughts Connecticut, a group of disabled people and allies who are […]
According to HB 140, End of Life Options Bill, RX for death is described as palliative care that should be standardized for end-of-life care? I cannot ever agree that purposefully dying improves the delivery of any quality of services. Delaware’s House Bill 140 states. “WHEREAS, the integration of medical aid in dying into the standard […]
On October 1, 2021, the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Public Health held a hearing on An Act relative to end of life options (H. 2381 and S. 1384). We previously featured testimonies this bill to legalize assisted suicide by John B. Kelly, Director of Second Thoughts MA: Disability Rights Advocates against Assisted Suicide and Lindsay […]
Joint Committee on Public Health Public Hearing: End of Life Options – Submitted by Lindsay Baran October 1, 2021 I would like to thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name is Lindsay Baran, and I work as the Policy Director for the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL), a national cross-disability, grassroots organization […]
