John Kelly’s Testimony Before the Connecticut Public Health Committee in Opposition to HB 5326

…oes to Trial on Fraud Charges,” Ventura County Star, January 14, 2013 http://tinyurl.com/lwh7z4p Boston.com, “Question 2: Physician-Assisted Suicide.” Interactive Map http://tinyurl.com/a9pgk6n Ira Byock, “Vermont: Testimony of Ira Byock, MD to Vermont Senate Committee on Health and Welfare Hearing on End of Life Choices,” January 31, 2013. http://tinyurl.com/kuolula James A. Colbert, M.D., et al., “Physician-Assisted Suicide — Polling Results,” N…

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

…l his work and 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 safeg…

Time Magazine Article Misrepresents Final Exit Network and Who They “Help”

…nclude a response from someone at Time in what I write. My blog is at http://notdeadyetnewscommentary.blogspot.com/ Thank you for your time and attention – the concerns are listed below. –Stephen Drake Re: “Final Exit” story – http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1882418,00.html?imw=Y I was one of the persons interviewed by freelance reporter Paige Bowers for the article on the Final Exit Network that was published on March 2, titled “Fi…

AP Reporter Does Sloppy and Superficial Job on Battin Story

…Alex Schadenberg, head of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, on the http://www.lifenews.com/ Web site. That’s not the worst of this article, though. McCall touches on the undisclosed author conflict of interest issue when he identifies Death With Dignity National Center as an organization that is devoted to influencing public policy. He leaves the defenses put forth by both Battin and the director of the organization unchallenged. Peg Sandeen, d…

Does the ADA Require Euthanasia As A Reasonable Accommodation? – More on the CA Court Case

…lson, M.D. et al. v. California Dept. of Health Services, et al., Case 3:21-cv-06654-VC, filed August 27, 2021) The joint disability and patients rights organization statements by DREDF, NCIL, United Spinal, NDY, AAPD, Access Living and Patients Rights Action Fund came just days after the complaint was filed in California, where assisted suicide has been legal since June 2016. Plaintiffs in the case include four doctors and two patients, the latte…