…sabled, ill, and elderly people in living our lives, physician assisted suicide becomes economically coercive. New York has consistently chosen the cheaper option for disabled people at every turn. Assisted suicide offers the cheapest option of them all. As Derek Humphrey pointed out in his conclusion, assisted suicide is a form of “cost containment.” It gives disabled New Yorkers a choice between lives without supports we need or death. This, com…
…want to die get suicide prevention services, while disabled people get suicide completion assistance. In its 2015 decision in Carter v. Attorney General of Canada that struck down the prohibition on physician assisted dying, the Supreme court said that protecting “vulnerable” people (such as elders, women, LGBTQI and disabled folks, indigenous and racialized people) would require a “carefully designed system imposing stringent limits that are scr…
…nt being issued, is that they were getting complaints that maybe local policies were becoming evident that would show what type of triage would take place. And I know that the New York policy, which is where I live, says that, people who are less likely to survive will be less likely to get ventilator support in the hospital. And there’s also concern that people who already use some type of advanced breathing support, if they take it to the hospit…
…gainst four of the network’s members. An undercover officer posing as a suicide candidate testified one of the members showed him how they would hold his hands so he could not remove a helium bag from his face that would help him die.” There is no telling when the judge will rule, or what that ruling will be. Luckily, the judge will most likely be evaluating the arguments presented in court – and not the mostly sloppy press coverage of FEN. –Steph…
…per.[1] CDR also urges the Committee to refer to the Primer on Assisted Suicide Laws.[2] AB2383 Contemplates Assisted Suicide Some people refer to the practice contemplated by AB2383 by the euphemism “aid in dying.” The Center for Disability Rights chooses accuracy of terminology based on a dictionary definition. This is also consistent with the ruling of the New York Court of Appeals in Myers v. Schneiderman, which declined to accept the assertio…
