…5-739-1285 Passcode: 521847# To join through your computer, go to: https://www.freeconferencecall.com/wall/organizersforum Chronic pain is a major issue for many disabled folks. In light of recent efforts to curb opioid abuse and overdoses, people with chronic pain have been facing increasing barriers to adequate pain management. This call will talk about the major issues people with chronic pain are facing right now and how the disability communi…
…ty of terminal predictions by doctors, as well as the risks of assisted suicide laws for people who use breathing support or otherwise depend on ongoing treatments for serious chronic conditions. I will also discuss the Oregon data, which substantiates our concerns. My Personal Story of Mistaken Prognosis At the age of six I was diagnosed as having muscular dystrophy and my parents were told that I would die by the age of 12. A few years later I w…
…the lethal medication, and be dead within hours. WTNH-TV Channel 8: http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/politics/weighing-in-on-assisted-suicide#.UVAfWDcsDRp CT News Junkie: http://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/ctnj.php/archives/entry/right-to-die_or_assisted_suicide/ Picture from Second Thoughts Connecticut press conference, on the website of Senator Joe Markley: http://farm9.static.flickr.com/8509/8574564003_4797be77d7_b.jpg (I am standing on the left, and next…
…of the New York State Department of Health. He is sued in his official capacity. Commissioner Zucker is responsible 5 Case 1:20-cv-04819 Document 1 Filed 10/07/20 Page 6 of 28 PageID #: 6 for the operation and management of the NY DOH, including the development, monitoring, and implementation of the Ventilator Allocation Guidelines. STATEMENT OF FACTS New York State Ventilator Allocation Guidelines 31. The Guidelines state that the NY DOH is “empo…
…Wettstein carefully avoided mentioning the death of Jana van Voorhis, who committed suicide with the assistance of FEN members in 2007. Voorhis had minor physical ailments, but had struggled for years with emotional and psychiatric issues. Her death has been under investigation since August 2007, and that investigation is now part of the multi-state effort to examine FEN and its activities. But the Arizona Daily Star never covered the story – I g…
