…a, and others who manipulated their circumstances qualify for life-ending drugs,” observed Matt Vallière, Executive Director of IPR. “This complex reality highlights significant issues that extend far beyond a simple legal analysis. The recent ruling by the lower court seems to suggest that the law is functioning as intended and will remain unchanged but that is just what plaintiffs are contending. The original safeguards have already been weaken…
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…d that we all ought to defer to them. We as disabled people must resist entrusting our lives and deaths to those schooled to see us as less-than-human. For this same reason, I as a psychosocially disabled, neurodivergent person do not entrust my mental wellbeing to someone who wants to cure the world of my existence. As knowledge is power, we must also gain an understanding of the forces that shape who and what we are in this world, realizing that…
…mony, a bill to legalize assisted suicide was unanimously sent back to the Rules Committee, killing the bill for the remainder of the year. Arizona – Similar to previous attempts to pass assisted suicide legislation, a new bill once again failed to get the support needed to pass the Senate’s Health and Human Services Committee. We also know that there was an informational hearing on assisted suicide held today in Iowa, and that some disability adv…
…erience elder abuse, often at the hands of a family member, caregiver, or trusted friend. What does this have to do with assisted suicide? This has everything to do with assisted suicide, because assisted suicide is proposed for people with a terminal illness. Not every person with a disability is terminally ill, but every person with a terminal illness has, or expects shortly to have, a disability. In the bills under consideration in New York, th…
