Victory in Connecticut! News Coverage, Lisa Blumberg’s Letter Published

April 20, 2023"death with dignity", aid in dying, assisted suicide, Connecticut, Lisa Blumberg, Our News & Commentary Blog, Progressives Against Medical Assisted Suicide, Second Thoughts Connecticutaid in dying, assisted suicide, end of life options, PAMAS, Progressives Against Medical Assisted Suicide, Second Thoughts ConnectcutDiane Coleman

…Aid in Dying”]. With the healthcare system so broken and so many people struggling to get the care and practical support they need to live their lives the way they want despite difficulties, it is absurd to suggest that allowing doctors to prescribe death causing drugs to a certain patient subclass would do anything to promote autonomy. It would merely enable an indifferent society to take the easy way out. What’s pro-choice about that? Lisa Blum…

Assisted Suicide News Story Includes NDY Protest In Albany

July 1, 2022"death with dignity", assisted suicide, diane coleman, end-of-life options bills, Kevorkian, Matt Valliere, media coverage, New York, Not Dead Yet, Our News & Commentary Blog, Patients Rights Action Fund, protestsassisted suicide, disability protests, media coverage, medical aid in dying, Not Dead Yet, Patients Rights Action FundDiane Coleman

A June 30th Washington, D.C. news story, Medical aid in dying: States debate right-to-die laws, included a photo from a Not Dead Yet protest held at a press conference held by assisted suicide proponents which was covered in this blog in early May (Disability Activists Crash Pro-Assisted Suicide Press Conference). Though giving more space and first prominence to proponents, the June 30th article includes opponents in video interviews, photos and…

Organ Donation by Death Row Inmates – Get Ready to Start Hearing More About How it’s “Good” for Everyone

March 11, 2011Art Caplan, Ben Goldhirsh, bioethics, crime and punishment, death penalty, Dylan Ratigan, Eric Meslin, good magazine, Graeme Wood, Kevorkian, media coverage, Our News & Commentary Blog, reality check, Wesley SmithStephen Drake

…ic Meslin and Ben Goldhirsh, the CEO of Good: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy If you highlight selections at the bottom of the video screen, accurate subtitles will run on the video – there is also a selection for a transcript. This was no “debate” on the issue. Both Meslin and Goldhirsh gave their one-sided arguments in favor of allowing organ donations from Death Row inmates. Ratigan, who is generally ve…

Calif. – Ed Roberts Day Declared – his impact on disability rights and his relationship to NDY issues

July 30, 2010analysis, ed roberts, kenneth bergstedt, life-ending decisions, mary johnson, media coverage, Our News & Commentary Blog, right to dieStephen Drake

There are many news sources for this, but here’s the news from UCBerkeley News giving a short account of the life of Ed Roberts and the legislative action that created an “Ed Roberts Day.” Here are the first two paragraphs from Wendy Edelstein’s “Ed Roberts, disability-rights leader and Cal alum, gets his own state day“: BERKELEY — January 23 has been named Ed Roberts Day in California, in honor of the Cal alum who pioneered the disability-rights…

Arizona Daily Star Allows Final Exit Network Activist Free Rein in Terms of “Spin” and Outright Lies

March 24, 2009assisted suicide, final exit network, media issues, Our News & Commentary Blog, reality checkStephen Drake

…e known the “terminally ill” claim was a load of crap if they followed the news in their own state. Considering they are supposed to cover the news Arizona, that would seem to be a minimum standard. See, Wettstein carefully avoided mentioning the death of Jana van Voorhis, who committed suicide with the assistance of FEN members in 2007. Voorhis had minor physical ailments, but had struggled for years with emotional and psychiatric issues. Her dea…