Press Release: NY Disability Advocates Testify Against Assisted Suicide Bill

April 23, 2018"death with dignity", aid in dying, assisted suicide, center for disability rights, New York, Our News & Commentary Blog, Testimonyaid in dying, assisted suicide, Center for Disability Rights, Kathryn Carroll, New York, NY Assn on Independent Living, TestimonyDiane Coleman

…n attorney and policy analyst with the Center for Disability Rights (cdrnys.org), and Mel Tanzman, executive director of Westchester Disabled on the Move (wdom.org) and Chair of the Health Committee of the New York Association on Independent Living (ilny.org) were invited by the Assembly Health Committee to testify at Monday’s hearing.Not Dead Yet has been invited to testify at the New York City hearing on the bill scheduled on May 3rd. “The mere…

Lisa Blumberg: Assisted Suicide California Style

July 8, 2019"death with dignity", aid in dying, assisted suicide, california, Lisa Blumberg, Our News & Commentary Blogaid in dying, assisted suicide, California, death with dignity, Lisa BlumbergDiane Coleman

…e around with enough sway with him to suggest otherwise. Footnotes https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/obituaries/john-lheureux-dead.html https://www.newyorker.com/books/this-week-in-fiction/john-lheureux-05-06-19 https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2019/05/01/and-thus-suicide-began-prolific-author-john-heureux-wrote-his-final-essay-death-and-dignity/m4yqp88Bfb7RqSc1bFX0cM/story.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/obituaries/john-lheur…

John Kelly’s Testimony Before the New Jersey Health and Senior Services Committee in Opposition to A2270

…ces Health Committee In Opposition to A2270 John B. Kelly JKelly@NotDeadYet.org On behalf of Not Dead Yet and Massachusetts Second Thoughts www.notdeadyet.org www.second-thoughts.org June 4, 2014 Chair Conaway, Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify. My name is John Kelly, and I grew up in Middletown Township. Now I am the New England Regional Director for Not Dead Yet, the national disability rights group that has long…

From Stephen Mendelsohn: More Media, Etc. From Connecticut Hearings on Assisted Suicide

March 25, 2013assisted suicide, Connecticut, disability activists, disability rights advocates, legislation, media coverage, Our News & Commentary Blog, Second ThoughtsStephen Drake

…his testimony (see below) at the Hearing: CT Mirror: http://www.ctmirror.org/story/19490/end-life-bill-brings-comfort-some-fears-vulnerability-others Fair and balanced, yet the comparison Arielle Levin Becker makes between Sara Myers and Cathy Ludlum is highly revealing (note my comment below the story). New Haven Register (my heads-up e-mailing got us this one, after an earlier story falsely claimed that HB 6645 was full of safeguards): http:/…

Cathy Ludlum Testifies – “Many people are hanging on by a thread.”

February 23, 2022"death with dignity", access to health care, aid in dying, assisted suicide, Cathy Ludlum, Connecticut, end-of-life options bills, healthcare rationing, long term services and supports, medical discrimination, Our News & Commentary Blog, quality of life judgments, Second Thoughts Connecticut, Testimonyassisted suicide, Cathy Ludlum, Connecticut, medical aid in dying, Second Thoughts Connectcut, TestimonyDiane Coleman

…ing (ACAMAID), Aid in Dying Ethics Consultation Service https://www.acamaid.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Ethics-Consultation-Anorexia-Nervosa-9-3-21.pdf 4 Fabian Stahle, “Oregon Health Authority Reveals Hidden Problems with the Oregon Assisted Suicide Model” https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xOZfLFrvuQcazZfFudEncpzp2b18NrUo/view 5 “Diabetics Eligible for Physician Assisted Suicide Oregon, ” The Washington Times https://www.washingtontimes.com/new…