New Jersey: More Coverage/Commentary on Betancourt Ruling

August 15, 2010betancourt v. trinitas, blog recommendations, court decisions, futile care, futility, media coverage, new jersey, Our News & Commentary Blog, thaddeus popeStephen Drake

…so published an article about the decision, written by Suzanne Sataline. New Jersey Today published an editorial that concludes that the court’s “sidestepping” of the issues in the case means that health care providers are free to overrule families in life-and-death decisions. Thaddeus Pope has responded on his blog. He points out that the court’s dismissal leaves the original ruling in place – and decisionmaking in the hands of families and/or th…

Followup on Princetonian – and more thoughts from Bill Peace and Gary Presley

October 27, 2009blog recommendations, Gary Presley, media coverage, media issues, Our News & Commentary Blog, Peter Singer, william peaceStephen Drake

…Editor’s note at the end of the article, which we’re told was published in today’s print edition of the Princetonian: Due to an editing error, an earlier version of this article inaccurately referred to protests organized by Not Dead Yet and held at Nassau Hall in September 1999 as violent. Diane Coleman, president of Not Dead Yet, also told The Daily Princetonian on Monday afternoon that that the group’s members are trained in nonviolence, and th…

In Memorium: The Things NDYers Have Said About Kevorkian Over the Years

June 10, 2011assisted suicide, cal montgomery, diane coleman, disability activists, disability rights, euthanasia, in memorium, jimmi schrode, john kelly, Kevorkian, mary johnson, Mary Krane Derr, Our News & Commentary BlogStephen Drake

…ou can listen to the show if you missed it and still want to check it out. Today, a public and private funeral and memorial was held for Jack Kevorkian. I won’t link to the press coverage – it’s all predictably nauseating. But I thought it would be appropriate to do a different kind of memorial right here. In order to appropriately “honor” Kevorkian’s memory, I’ve searched the internet and some of our archives to provide a glimpse of what disabili…

CNN: “Choosing death can be like a ‘birth,’ advocates say” – NDY and NCD perspectives included

August 30, 2011assisted suicide, barbara coombs lee, cnn, Compassion & Choices, Conflation and Con jobs, media coverage, national council on disability, ncd, Oregon, Our News & Commentary BlogStephen Drake

…. The second surprise is that when the article came out on the CNN website today, the views and concerns are fairly presented in the context of an article on the activities of the assisted suicide advocacy group “Compassion and Choices,” also known as “Conflation and Con Jobs.” That’s no reflection on Ms. Landau, whose work I am unfamiliar with. The negative expectations are based on overall patterns when dealing with media rather than anything wi…