Not Dead Yet, ASAN and NCIL Weigh In on IOM Report on Dying in America

…ing a meeting on Friday, March 20 that’s open to the public and accessible online. Not Dead Yet committed to work on advance care planning and professional education. To be honest, we aren’t necessarily doing what the IOM has in mind. We are very concerned that health care providers don’t always discern the difference between providing “end-of-life” care and ending lives prematurely due to negative quality of life judgments about disability. We ar…

Followup – DutchNews.nl Corrects Errors in Euthanasia Story While Associated Press Ignores Its Errors

…erroneous information to use the corrective, too. For corrections on live, online stories, we overwrite the previous version. We send separate corrective stories online as warranted. Great statement. The trouble is, it’s only as good if the organization actually follows the stated value and doesn’t just treat it as ethical windowdressing. The latter seems to the case at the AP. First of all, I had to go through at least four different people befor…

NDY Celebrating 20 Years in the Fight for Our Lives

…assisted suicide fight come to your state in full swing? NDY’s got a great online toolkit to help you sound like the policy buff you really are on this topic and help give you fodder for writing a letter to the editor the next time your hometown paper touts the proposed bill’s virtues! (Be sure to write us and tell us if your letter is published!) Coalition Support. Do you lead a nonprofit that would love to partner with NDY on activities related…

Annual Report: October 2018 – September 2019

…welve op-eds published in mainstream outlets. NDY staff posted at least 14 online comments and one letter to the editor was published. NDY staff, board and advocates were interviewed for 8 radio and 11 TV broadcasts. There were at least 41 print or online articles that mentioned NDY, including Associated Press, New York Times, Politico, Huffington Post and Forbes. Systems Advocacy: NDY staff and advocates pursued a number of key systems advocacy p…

Annual Report: October 2019 – September 2020

…red 13 op-eds published in mainstream outlets. NDY staff posted at least 8 online comments and three letters to the editor were published (out of 8 submitted). NDY staff, board and advocates were interviewed for one TV and four radio broadcasts. There were at least 16 print or online news articles covering NDY messaging, including in the Associated Press, New York Times, US News & World Report, Boston Globe and Huffington Post. Systems Advocacy: N…