…sions, the responsible thing to do is add a public service announcement to online and home entertainment release of the film that clearly states the movie does not condone assisted suicide, along with contact info for the suicide prevention hotline. The PSA that we recommend is Live On. Disabled Lives Are Worth Living. Please respond to this letter no later than [date], 2016, by contacting Diane Coleman, JD (dcoleman@notdeadyet.org) President and…
…health care system or, sadly, from family,” Coleman said. A free subscription to the Not Dead Yet blog is available online….
…natory and dangerous legislation. For information on how to send a letter, online or twitter message, go to John Kelly’s blog here.] ASAN Autistic Self Advocacy Network September 25, 2015 Governor Jerry Brown c/o State Capitol, Suite 1173 Sacramento, CA 95814 Subject: – Veto AB 2X 15 I write as Director of Public Policy of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) to urge the Governor to veto AB 2X 15, which would permit physician-assisted suicide…
…problems, and complications associated with assisted suicide laws. The new online resource is located at http://patientsrightsaction.org/stories. California’s assisted suicide law, which is modeled on Oregon’s law, is marked by extraordinarily weak safeguards and oversight, posing great danger to many Californians with disabilities. as well as people with chronic and terminal illnesses, lower-income Californians, and to the general public. DREDF a…
…law co-author Barbara Coombs Lee last fall at a Connecticut forum. As the online journal CTNewsJunkie reported, “Coombs Lee also said the [Oregon-style] legislation would exclude people with dementia and cognitive declines, since they could not make the choice for themselves. ‘It is an issue for another day but is no less compelling,’” she said. Coombs Lee is now the president of the group Compassion & Choices, the saccharine rebranding of the ol…
