Why We Fight
- - - WHY WE FIGHT
      
      Understand why we fight against assisted suicide and euthanasia, and every other way disabled lives are devalued. We outline the issues involved and why you should care.
  - - Arguments
      
      Toolkit
      
      Our Priorities
  - - Meet The Resistance We are Not Dead Yet. Learn about the people who do this work. Who We are
Public Policy
- - - PUBLIC POLICY
      
      Take a look at our public policy advocacy and learn about the fight to ensure disabled lives are treated the same as all other lives. We have done legislative outreach, joined amicus curiae briefs and other legal efforts, run advocacy campaigns, and presented at public hearings and events.
  - - Policy Work
      
      Legislative Efforts
      
      Direct Action & Campaigns
      
      Court Briefs
      
      Public Presentations
  - - Disability Rights & Discrimination 11/24/23
      
      NDY Public Comment on Proposed Revision to National Institutes of Health Mission Statement
      
      Advocacy Training & Organizing 11/11/23
      
      NDY Public Comment on HHS/OCR Proposed Section 504 Healthcare Regulations
Resources
- - - RESOURCES
      
      Articles, op-eds, toolkits and other resources which give you information on the fight, explain key topics, and showcase Not Dead Yet’s long history in the movement. Our articles are from movement leaders, friends, and Not Dead Yet board and staff.
  - - NDY News
      
      Op Eds & Articles
      
      Writer’s Guild
      
      Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs)
      
      Veterans and Assisted Suicide
  - - ableism 07/24/26
      
      Organizational Letter to George Clooney On Movie Romanticizing Assisted Suicide of Disabled
      
      access to health care 07/09/26
      
      Press Release: Senator Lankford Leads Bi-Partisan, Bi-Cameral Lawmakers Urging HHS and CMS to Monitor Dangers of Physician-Assisted Suicide

Vacco v. Quill, Amicus Brief of Not Dead Yet and ADAPT

By Not Dead Yet | September 30, 1996

NDY Public Comment on Proposed Revision to National Institutes of Health Mission Statement

NDY Public Comment on HHS/OCR Proposed Section 504 Healthcare Regulations

Organizational Letter to George Clooney On Movie Romanticizing Assisted Suicide of Disabled

Press Release: Senator Lankford Leads Bi-Partisan, Bi-Cameral Lawmakers Urging HHS and CMS to Monitor Dangers of Physician-Assisted Suicide

Anita Cameron (Panelist) – If assisted suicide were legal, what would our healthcare be like? Copy Copy

Anita Cameron (Panelist) – If assisted suicide were legal, what would our healthcare be like? Copy Copy

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NDY Public Comment on Proposed Revision to National Institutes of Health Mission Statement

NDY Public Comment on HHS/OCR Proposed Section 504 Healthcare Regulations

Organizational Letter to George Clooney On Movie Romanticizing Assisted Suicide of Disabled

Press Release: Senator Lankford Leads Bi-Partisan, Bi-Cameral Lawmakers Urging HHS and CMS to Monitor Dangers of Physician-Assisted Suicide

Vacco v. Quill, Amicus Brief of Not Dead Yet and ADAPT