Not Dead Yet’s legislative efforts

…plant Eligibility (10/20/15) Diane Coleman’s Letter to DC Council Health & Human Services Committee Opposing Assisted Suicide Bill B21-38 (7/24/15) John Kelly’s Testimony for Second Thoughts MA Opposing DC Assisted Suicide Bill B21-38 (7/23/15) Anne Sommers Testimony for NDY in Opposition to District of Columbia Assisted Suicide Bill B21-38 (7/10/15) (written version, oral version, video) Josue Rodriguez of Tennessee NDY Opposing SB 1362/HB 1040 (…

NDY Comment on Comment on Proposed Texas Futility Regulations

July 12, 2024ableism, advance directives, better dead than disabled, ethics committee, futile care, futility, Health care decision-making, life-sustaining treatment, Lisa Blumberg, Our News & Commentary Blog, public comment, quality of life judgmentsethics committee, futile care, futility, medical discrimination, public comment, Texas Advance Directive ActDiane Coleman

…bids quality of life judgments whatever the patient’s circumstances. The thrust of H.B. 3162 is to make the process under which an ethics or medical committee evaluates disputes over the withholding of possibly life preserving care more fair and less influenced by bias against disability. To be consistent with H.B. 3162, the regulations should clarify that the prohibition against an ethics or medical committee considering a patient’s disability ap…

NDY Comment on Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association’s Statement on “MAiD”

July 5, 2024aid in dying, assisted suicide, health disparities, hospice, ira byock, Lisa Blumberg, long term services and supports, MAID, Our News & Commentary Blog, palliative care, public comment, suicide preventionassisted suicide, Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, medical aid in dying, medical discrimination, public comment, Section 504Diane Coleman

…ose whose disabilities result from age or progressive illness, have long struggled for equal access to suicide prevention services. Too often, treatable depression will not be seen as exactly that. Effective June 8, 2024, the 504 regulations promulgated by the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) prohibits health care providers receiving federal funds from denying medical treatment – or inducing a patient to refuse treatment – based on discr…

Rochester, NY: “Don’t buy into ‘aid in dying’” Guest Column by NDY’s Stephen Drake

October 31, 2015assisted suicide, op-ed, Our News & Commentary Blog, stephen drakeaid in dying, assisted suicide, New York, Stephen DrakeStephen Drake

…o the document, with its contents included under the link: Oregon Dept. of Human Services Press Release (March 4, 2005) DHS news release March 4, 2005 Contact: Bonnie Widerburg (503) 731-4180 Program contact: Richard Leman (503) 731-4273 No authority to investigate Death with Dignity case, DHS says The Oregon Department of Human Services has no authority to investigate individual Death with Dignity cases, officials said Friday. The state law aut…

Sarah Cavar: Germany Grapples With Assisted Suicide In Courts and Parliament

July 9, 2018"death with dignity", aid in dying, assisted suicide, Germany, Our News & Commentary Blogaid in dying, assisted suicide, GermanyDiane Coleman

…In 2012, after a years-long legal battle, her surviving husband received a ruling from the European Court of Human Rights. Although it did not rule broadly on individuals’ rights to assisted suicide, the Court did state that “German courts were negligent in refusing to hear [his wife’s] case,” sending it back to the German courts. According to DW.com, a German news outlet, the European Court of Human Rights — “decided not to issue a ruling on the…