…er disabled or not. Drawing on those same principles, we supported the medical marijuana ballot question in 2012 of the relief it brings to many disabled people. We chose our name Second Thoughts because we find that many people, once they delve below the surface appeal of assisted suicide, have “second thoughts” and oppose it. In Massachusetts a month before the election, 68% of voters supported the ballot question. But just as closer looks in…
…management. CDR is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, legally and financially responsible for all our activities. Donations to CDR are tax deductible to the extent provided by law. Your donation to CDR for Not Dead Yet will further the mission and goals of Not Dead Yet. To donate online, please click the donate button below. To donate by mail, please make donations payable to the Center for Disability Rights and state in the memo that your donat…
…s that it shifts manual assistance in eating and drinking as a form of medical assistance – a radical difference in framing something that has historically viewed as basic care. It’s vitally important that anyone who needs assistance to eat, who supports someone with those needs, or loves someone with those needs to keep this issue on your radar. It’s headed your way, sooner or later. Please go and read the whole article in Today’s Geriatric Medic…
…danger People With Disabilities and Chronic Conditions A disabled or chronically ill person who depends on life-sustaining treatment, even basic medications, would be able to qualify for assisted suicide if they lived where assisted suicide is legal. Oregon’s “Death With Dignity” law is the model for all U.S. states. As an Oregon official has clarified in writing, any person who becomes terminal because they do not receive treatment, for any reaso…
…Thoughts Massachusetts, at his Fenway apartment. The group opposes what it calls “assisted suicide.” Barry Chin/Globe Staff Voices from the ‘right to die’ debate By Robert Weisman Globe Staff,Updated December 11, 2022, 5:20 p.m. In anticipation of the upcoming reintroduction of an assisted suicide bill in Massachusetts, Boston Globe reporter Robert Weissman had a pro assisted suicide [“medical aid in dying”] article and sidebar appearing on page 1…
