…g choice. Vulnerable people will be harmed by this bill. Oregonian Michael Freeland easily obtained a lethal prescription for his terminal diagnosis, despite a 43-year history of severe depression, suicide attempts, and paranoia. Fortunately, other doctors and counselors intervened to address his real needs and he died a natural death about two years later. When this story came to light, the prescribing doctor said he didn’t think a psychological…
…rafted a critique and call to action that was published on January 11th at www.raggededgemagazine.com. In the article, I hit many points that would be repeated by other disability activists, scholars and advocates: 1. The movie was deceptively marketed. 2. The portrayal of rehabilitation and consequences of spinal cord injury were unrealistic 3. Highlighted Eastwood’s history of anti-ADA activism. 4. The fact that Maggie had the right to have her…
…y man fights to die, then tests life, New York Times, Feb. 7, 1990, http://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/07/us/an-angry-man-fights-to-die-then-tests-life.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm.) The courts uniformly ignored the demand for freedom from confinement in a nursing facility and the need for home care, and uniformly found a “right to die.” Years later, one of the bioethicists involved in the Rivlin case issued an apology to the disability rights activists…
…fe is like in a nursing home. It can be said they acted rationally but not freely. An alternative was theoretically available but the community would not give it to them. At the extreme, some ethicists argue that granting euthanasia requests driven by unjust social circumstances can be seen as a form of “harm reduction.” To be fair though, there is nothing in the article that suggests that the authors would countenance such nihilism. The authors m…
…means. Thanks for watching. If you liked this video, please share it. Feel free to comment your questions or suggestions for future video topics. To learn more about our work, visit www.NotDeadYet.org. Thanks. A quick addendum to this episode of the Not Dead Yet vlog. I put it in a visual medium but totally forgot to describe it verbally in the video, but all of the citations for any sources we cited throughout the video are going to be available…
