…anasia. We should not be fooled and, fortunately so far, the court did not buy it. On September 14, plaintiffs filed a motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction demanding that these women be granted euthanasia in the future so that they would not have to use the assisted suicide law as soon at the following Tuesday. They invoked the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as follows: The EOLOA also provides that “[a] person…
…tutions, ADAPT demands that: • HUD increase enforcement of existing Section 504 Accessibility requirements. • HUD double the requirements of Section 504 for 10 years to make up for past failures in compliance: 10% of units to be built as mobility-disability accessible and 4% sensory disability accessible. • Congress and the President develop permanent funding for a “Barrier Elimination Trust Fund” for accessibility modifications for people transit…
…s To Oppose Assisted Suicide: What Progressives Need To Know (Par-NewHaven.org, 02/26/20) Diane Coleman: Assisted Suicide Laws Are Lethal Discrimination Against Old, Ill and Disabled People (The Rift, 02/24/20) Katie Collins-Ihrke: Marylanders need health care, not assisted suicide (Frederick News-Post, 02/17/20) Mary Lopez, Ph.D.: Assisted suicide bill puts marginalized people at greater risk of harm (Roanoke Times, 02/16/20) Mike Reynolds: Your…
…le at everybody.si.edu. Several Not Dead Yet artifacts are included in the online exhibit, something long planned by its curator, Katherine Ott, who also curated a physical exhibit of these artifacts over a decade ago. A note from Ms. Ott posted with the online exhibit states, “This exhibit physically existed in the gallery from July 2000 to July 2001. Now it is only available on the web.” I got to see it once, and was very glad to find it display…
…tment, information and advice that promotes help-seeking. (Source: https://www.afsp.org/content/download/1066/16814/file/recommendations.pdf) Over the last eight years, the activities of the Final Exit Network (FEN) – whose “exit guides” are claimed to have facilitated hundreds of suicides in the U.S. – have received national coverage. The greatest coverage has come from their role in the death of John Celmer of Georgia, clear of mouth cancer he…
