…ng that care. Driven by sheer despair and exhaustion over living without needed support, she went on a hunger strike, refusing to let friends give her the nutritional supplements she needs to live. Her story was told – badly, in places – in the Sudbury Star. Obviously, I didn’t blog about this yesterday. Like many other individuals, I decided to heed Amanda’s plea: But I have a request for anyone with any power to do anything about this: Don’t get…
…can be found here: https://adflegal.org/sites/default/files/2022-12/Kligler-v-Attorney-General-2022-12-19-Slip-Opinion.pdf Video Transcript [Speaker] The Not Dead Yet Vlog Episode 3. Crucial Case: Kligler Versus Healey. – Hello and welcome to the special edition of the Not Dead Yet vlog. My name is Jules Good. I use they/them pronouns. And, I’m the Assistant Director and Policy Analyst at Not Dead Yet. I’m a white person with short brown hair and…
…nsity and duration of need on the basis of age or disability should not be used as criteria for the allocation or re-allocation of scarce medical resources. This protects patients who require additional treatment resources due to their age or disability from automatically being given a lower priority to receive life-saving care; Removed language permitting the use of a patient’s long-term life expectancy as a factor in the allocation and re-alloca…
…said nobody with a terminal diagnoses can use the law based solely on their-a-I mean, their disability-you must have a terminal diagnosis that two doctors have determined will end your life within six months. It is not targeted in any way toward the disabled, I have been a champion for disabled individuals all my life; I’ve passed legislation when I was a legislator, protecting their rights making sure they have access to all the services that the…
…ittany Maynard had. His widow Victoria described his story in a powerful op-ed, writing: When my husband was first diagnosed with cancer, he was told that he had only two to four months to live, that he’d never go back to the U.S. Senate, that he should get his affairs in order, kiss his wife, love his family and get ready to die. But that prognosis was wrong. Teddy lived 15 more productive months. Under this bill, someone in Tennessee receivi…
