Second Thoughts CT Protests Conflation of Assisted Suicide and Abortion Issues

April 8, 2021"death with dignity", aid in dying, assisted suicide, Cathy Ludlum, end-of-life options bills, Joan Cavanagh, Our News & Commentary Blog, protests, Second Thoughts Connecticut, Stephen MendelsohnDiane Coleman

…n” FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Cathy Ludlum 860-649-7110 cathyludlum@cox.net Stephen Mendelsohn 860-827-8003 (best after 5:30) smendelsohn5845@att.net Second Thoughts Connecticut Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SecondThoughtsConnecticut Twitter: https://twitter.com/2ndThoughtsCT Second Thoughts Connecticut Holds Counter Protest to Rally Sponsored by the Connecticut Catholic Conference April 6, 2021 (Manchester, CT) – On Wednesday, April 7, 2…

Text of NDY Spoken Comments on Futile Care Laws and Policies Before the National Council on Disability

…rojects/stateline/headlines/oklahomas-life-preserving-law-raises-questions-for-doctors-85899476549 [3] T Pope, Defending Disability Discrimination, Bioethics.net, May 31, 2013, http://www.bioethics.net/2013/05/defending-disability-discrimination/ …

NDY Full Written Comments on Futile Care Laws and Policies Before the National Council on Disability

…‘Life-Preserving’ Law Raises Questions for Doctors, Stateline, May 16, 2013, http://www.pewstates.org/projects/stateline/headlines/oklahomas-life-preserving-law-raises-questions-for-doctors-85899476549 [iii] T Pope, Defending Disability Discrimination, Bioethics.net, May 31, 2013, http://www.bioethics.net/2013/05/defending-disability-discrimination/ [iv] A Ne’eman, et al., Organ Transplantation and People with I/DD: A Review of Research, Polic…

Assisted Suicide Is A Deadly Mix With Our Profit-Driven Healthcare System

March 23, 2014"death with dignity", assisted suicide, Connecticut, Deadly Mix, dredf, ira byock, life-sustaining treatment, Malpractice, media coverage, Our News & Commentary Blog, storiesassisted suicide, Connecticut, Dredf, media coverageDiane Coleman

…rather be dead than be you,’” Elaine Kolb, a disabilities activist, said. “. . . This is something that people are saying to people with disabilities and there is contempt in it and there is contempt in this bill.” Cost cutting pressures also impact our nation’s elders. Elaine called my attention to the personal story of a friend of hers, Joan Cavanagh, identified as “a life-long human rights and anti-war activist.” The New Haven Register publishe…

NDY Files Public Comment On Federal Healthcare Interim Final Rule In Response To COVID

January 6, 2021COVID-19, healthcare rationing, HHS, long term services and supports, Medicaid, Medicare, Our News & Commentary Blog, public commentCOVID-19, Interim Final Rule, Medicaid, Medicare, public commentDiane Coleman

…Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-9912-IFC P.O. Box 8016 Baltimore, MD 21244-8016 RE: Comments on CMS-9912-IFC Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Interim Final Rule: Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Dear Administrator Verma: Not Dead Yet appreciates the opportunity to submit comments on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Interim Fi…