Letter to Warner Brothers re Me Before You

…bank, CA. 91522 Dear Mr. Tsujihara: We, the undersigned national, state, local and regional disability organizations representing tens of thousands of people with disabilities, are writing to express our urgent concerns about the negative impact of the plotline and treatment of the assisted suicide of a lead character with quadriplegia in the film Me Before You, and request that a public service announcement accompany any and all future distributi…

“Me Before You” Protesters Call For PSA To Prevent Copycat Suicides

…protested the film “Me Before You” in cities across the United States are calling on Warner Brothers to add a public service announcement to further releases of the film to help prevent copycat suicides. In a letter sent today to Kevin Tsujihara, CEO of Warner Brothers, 19 national and 25 state, local and regional disability organizations stated: “The public’s primary frame of reference can be shaped by what people see in movies and television. S…

NDY Release: “Me Before You” Protesters Call For PSA To Prevent Copycat Suicides

August 1, 2016assisted suicide, center for disability rights, Me Before You, million dollar baby, Our News & Commentary Blog, suicide preventionassisted suicide, Me Before You, suicideDiane Coleman

NDY Urges AMA To Affirm Longstanding Opposition to Legalizing Assisted Suicide

February 15, 2017aid in dying, AMA, AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs, assisted suicide, Our News & Commentary Blogaid in dying, American Medical Association, assisted suicide, death with dignity, Oregon Assisted Suicide DataDiane Coleman

…MA, the first of two submissions urging the AMA through its Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs to re-affirm its position opposing legalization of assisted suicide. During the twelve years that NDY was based in Chicago, when we knew of motions being made to overturn this longstanding policy, several of us would go down to the hotel used for the annual AMA conference and meeting to distribute a boldly colored leaflet about our reasons for oppos…

John Kelly’s Full Written Testimony In Opposition to New Jersey Assisted Suicide Bill

…When it comes to life and death, there is no such thing as “reasonable medical certainty.” Of the millions of misdiagnoses every year, many are terminal misdiagnoses. We know this because of the thousands of people who “graduate” from hospice each year. The Medicare hospice benefit limits eligibility to people “reasonably expected” by a doctor to live less than six months, but the six-month terminal window is arbitrary, having more to do with cong…