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Wrongful Death & Disability Discrimination Lawsuit Filed In Michael Hickson Case

June 14, 2021brain injury, court cases, COVID-19, Do-Not-Resuscitate, Feeding Tubes, futility, Health care decision-making, health disparities, healthcare rationing, life-ending decisions, medical discrimination, Michael Hickson, Our News & Commentary Blog, quality of life judgments, surrogate decision making, treatment withdrawal, wrongful deathcourt cases, healthcare disparities, healthcare rationing, Michael Hickson, Surrogate decision makingDiane Coleman

June 11, 2021 By: Andrés J. Gallegos, Jennifer M. Sender ROBBINS, SALOMON & PATT, LTD. SEEKS JUSTICE FOR MICHAEL HICKSON, FILES WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT AGAINST ST. DAVID’S SOUTH AUSTIN MEDICAL CENTER & ITS PHYSICIANS Robbins, Salomon & Patt, Ltd. (RSP) on June 10, 2021, filed a multi-count wrongful death lawsuit against St. David’s South Austin Medical Center (SDMC) and two of its physicians, in the United States District Court for the Western Dis…

Anita Cameron Testified On Opposition To Assisted Suicide Bills In BIPOC Communities

April 28, 2021"death with dignity", aid in dying, Anita Cameron, assisted suicide, end-of-life options bills, health disparities, Our News & Commentary Blog, racism, Rhode Island, TestimonyAnita Cameron, assisted suicide, end of life options, TestimonyDiane Coleman

…timony of Anita Cameron in opposition to Rhode Island Bill S 775, April 26, 2021 Thank you, Madame Chair and members of the committee. My name is Anita Cameron. I’m Director of Minority Outreach for Not Dead Yet. It’s a national disability rights organization opposed to assisted suicide. So I’m here to express opposition to S775. There are many reasons to oppose this bill and others like it. And here are some: Number 1. This bill puts disabled, se…

Lisa Blumberg: It’s not end-of-of life care. It’s assisted suicide, and it needs to be stopped

March 17, 2021"death with dignity", aid in dying, assisted suicide, Connecticut, COVID-19, elder abuse, end-of-life options bills, Lisa Blumberg, Our News & Commentary BlogDiane Coleman

…’s assisted suicide, and it needs to be stopped Hartford Courant, March 16, 2021 Lisa Blumberg It defies imagination that Connecticut is contemplating legalizing assisted suicide when COVID-19 deaths have exceeded 500,000 nationwide. The virus has laid bare the inequities and prejudices of our health system. Low-income people and people of color are dying at disproportionately high rates. Connecticut has the highest COVID-19 nursing home death rat…

Good Old News: In Early 2023, Suicidology Group Withdrew Statement NDY Protested

July 10, 2023aid in dying, assisted suicide, MAID, Our News & Commentary Blog, protests, suicide preventionAmerican Association of Suicidology, assisted suicide, Meghan Schrader, suicide preventionDiane Coleman

…m were previously unaware of the Statement. In early 2023, according to an online AAS posting, the Statement was “retired.” Disability activist Meghan Schrader discussed the original Statement and its retirement in her recent article published in the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition blog, which criticizes Thaddeus Pope and others who favor expanding eligibility for assisted suicide to include disabled people without a “terminal” prognosis. The foll…