…timony to be submitted prior to the hearing. DREDF’s Senior Policy Analyst Marilyn Golden submitted the following testimony. August 14, 2021 OPPOSE SB 380 (Eggman) – End of Life The Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF) opposes SB 380, a bill that would expand assisted suicide in California. DREDF, founded in 1979, is a leading national civil rights law and policy center directed by individuals with disabilities and parents who have c…
…ights Education and Defense Fund and California Disability Alliance I am Marilyn Golden, Policy Analyst with the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund. A few days ago, the Vermont House of Representatives soundly defeated an assisted suicide bill very similar to AB 374. They did not do it because they are religious conservatives. Democrats, and progressives from smaller parties, out-number Republicans in that body by a far larger margin t…
…yst Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF) Introduction I am Marilyn Golden, Senior Policy Analyst with the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, a leading national law and policy center on disability civil rights. If assisted suicide is legal, some people’s lives will be ended without their consent, through mistakes and abuse. No safeguards have ever been enacted or even proposed that can prevent this outcome, which can neve…
…yst Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF) Introduction I am Marilyn Golden, Senior Policy Analyst with the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, a leading national law and policy center on disability civil rights. There are many very serious problems with SB 128 of a Judiciary nature. I’ll address four categories: • Safeguards • Oversight • How these lead to abuses • And, opposition by the disability community First, the s…
…accessible compilations of resources on the issue that I’m aware of.] I am Marilyn Golden, Senior Policy Analyst with the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund—speaking in opposition. Introduction to social justice basis for opposition The proponents of H 54 it under the banner of choice. But choice is a myth in the context of our unjust health care reality. End-of-life treatment options are already limited for thousands of people—constrained…
