Two Disability Advocates Speak at NY Press Conference Opposing Assisted Suicide Bills

March 10, 2016assisted suicide, cdr, center for disability rights, media bias, New York, NY Alliance Against Assisted Suicide, Our News & Commentary Blogassisted suicide, media coverage, New York, NY Alliance Against Assisted SuicideDiane Coleman

…agion Absence of safeguards and lack of accountability Need to promote “aid-in-living”: hospice and palliative care The New York Alliance Against Assisted Suicide is an alliance of disability rights, healthcare, civil rights, faith-based and patient advocacy organizations dedicated to preventing the legalization of assisted suicide in New York. The Albany Times Union covered this press conference about opposition to bills establishing a state spon…

Not Dead Yet Testimony Opposing Hawaii Assisted Suicide Bill HB 2739

February 27, 2018"death with dignity", aid in dying, assisted suicide, dredf, elder abuse, hawaii, Our News & Commentary Blog, Testimonyaid in dying, assisted suicide, Hawaii, TestimonyDiane Coleman

…ote NO on HB 2739. [1] https://dredf.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Revised-OR-WA-Abuses.pdf [2] https://dredf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Hendin-Foley-Michigan-Law-Review.pdf [3]http://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PROVIDERPARTNERRESOURCES/EVALUATIONRESEARCH/DEATHWITHDIGNITYACT/Documents/year20.pdf [4] https://dredf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Oregon-DHS.pdf [5]http://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PROVIDERPARTNERRESOURCES/EVALUATIONRESEARCH/DEATHWITHDIGNIT…

Oregon Assisted Suicide Data Analysis

March 16, 2023"death with dignity", assisted suicide, MAID, medical discrimination, Oregon Assisted Suicide Data, Our News & Commentary Blogassisted suicide, medical aid in dying, Oregon Assisted Suicide DataDiane Coleman

…ncpzp2b18NrUo/view [2] https://dredf.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Revised-OR-WA-Abuses.pdf [3] https://dredf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Hendin-Foley-Michigan-Law-Review.pdf [4] https://www.oregon.gov/oha/ph/providerpartnerresources/evaluationresearch/deathwithdignityact/pages/ar-index.aspx [5]https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PROVIDERPARTNERRESOURCES/EVALUATIONRESEARCH/DEATHWITHDIGNITYACT/Documents/year23.pdf(page 11) [6]https://www.oregon.gov/o…

“End of Life Washington” Promotes Directive to Prevent Feeding Assistance to Those with Dementia

March 6, 2018dementia, Our News & Commentary Blog, reality check, spoon-feeding, starvationdementia, EOLWA, spoon-feedingStephen Drake

…ades, narrow initiatives like this act as door-openers, in which a narrowly-defined “refusal” of life-sustaining treatment expands over time both in terms of the groups who may exercise this “right” and the level of proof a surrogate needs to “exercise” that right on the behalf of someone who cannot communicate those wishes themselves. What makes this initiative a bold step is that it shifts manual assistance in eating and drinking as a form of me…

Oregon Assisted Suicide Data Analysis 2023

…ide_Report_508.pdf [4] https://dredf.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Revised-OR-WA-Abuses.pdf [5] https://dredf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Hendin-Foley-Michigan-Law-Review.pdf [6] https://www.oregon.gov/oha/ph/providerpartnerresources/evaluationresearch/deathwithdignityact/pages/ar-index.aspx [7] https://dredf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Oregon-DHS.pdf [8]https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PROVIDERPARTNERRESOURCES/EVALUATIONRESEARCH/DEATHWITHDIGN…