…ouncil on Disability * National Council on Independent Living http://dredf.org/public-policy/assisted-suicide/ & http://notdeadyet.org/assisted-suicide-talking-points ¡Oposición a la legalización del suicidio asistido! ¡El suicidio asistido es mala medicina, una receta para el abuso! Los llamados salvaguardias son vanos. Demasiado peligroso: Muchas organizaciones de discapacidad y la Asociación Médica de Estados Unidos se oponen a la legalización…
…n the article “Death With Dignity”: What Do We Advise Our Clients? https://www.kcba.org/newsevents/barbulletin/BView.aspx?Month=05&Year=2009&AID=article5.htm . Dore states: The Act requires an application process to obtain the lethal dose, which includes a written request form with two required witnesses. The Act allows one of these witnesses to be the patient’s heir. The Act also allows someone else to talk for the patient during the lethal-dose…
…5.030 and .220 state that one of two required witnesses to the lethal-dose request form cannot be the patient’s heir or other person who will benefit from the patient’s death; the other may be. 4 id. 5 RCW § 70.245.010(3) allows someone else to talk for the patient during the lethal-dose request process; for example, there is no prohibition against this person being the patient’s heir or other person who will benefit from the patient’s death. The…
…rity Outreach, Not Dead Yet Phone: 720-413-9064 Email: acameron@notdeadyet.org Cameron notes: “All of the major disability organizations that have taken a position believe that the legalization of assisted suicide is dangerous. It is inherently discriminatory; it opens the way for insurance companies to choose assisted suicide as an option, because it is cheaper than paying for life-saving drugs and treatments; it allows doctors to be gatekeepers…
…CT) – On Wednesday, April 7, 2021, Second Thoughts Connecticut will hold a counter protest against the Freedom to Live Rally organized by the Connecticut Catholic Public Affairs Conference. Starting at 6:30 PM, the counter protest will take place in Minuteman Park, 300 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT, in front of The Armory and across the street from the Legislative Office Building. Second Thoughts Connecticut, a grassroots disability rights organiza…
