NDY’s Written Submission To the NY State Bar Assn. Task Force On Medical Aid in Dying

December 18, 2023"death with dignity", assisted suicide, elder abuse, Oregon Assisted Suicide Data, Our News & Commentary Blogaid in dying, assisted suicide, MAID, NY State Bar Assn., Oregon Assisted Suicide DataDiane Coleman

…ation of the prescribing physician patient relationship was only 5 weeks in 2021 and 2022. Over all the years, lack of coercion is not usually determined by a physician with a longstanding relationship with the patient. This is significant in light of well-documented elder abuse-identification and reporting problems among professionals in a society where an estimated one in ten elders is abused, mostly by family and caregivers. (Lachs, et al., New…

Add Your Voice: Action Guide On Opposing Assisted Suicide In Massachusetts

May 31, 2022"death with dignity", assisted suicide, end-of-life options bills, Massachusetts, Our News & Commentary Blog, Second ThoughtsAction Alert, assisted suicide, MassachusettsDiane Coleman

…use of societal stigma against disability, also referred to as “ableism”. A 2021 report about the use of assisted suicide in Oregon, where it has been legal since 1997, finds that the 5 most common reported reasons patients consider assisted suicide have nothing to do with pain, but with the “loss of dignity” and lack of access to social activities thought to result from disabling conditions. This means that our legislative priorities should not r…

Register for Webinar On Court Case Striking Assisted Suicide Residency Requirement

March 31, 2022aid in dying, assisted suicide, court cases, Our News & Commentary Blogassisted suicide, court cases, medical aid in dyingDiane Coleman

…to use Oregon’s law. Nicholas Gideonse, M.D. vs. Kate Brown (filed in Oct. 2021) argued that residency requirements for assisted suicide violate two sections of the U.S. Constitution, one barring state laws that limit the ability of a nonresident to access medical care and one prohibiting state laws that burden interstate commerce. It’s not really clear whether, with more information and time, the court would have considered it relevant that the…

NDY Vlog: “What Is Ableism, and Why Does It Matter?”

November 22, 2022Our News & Commentary BlogJules Good

…the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is a harrowing example. At points in 2020 and 2021 when the patient need for ICU beds and ventilators exceeded the supply at most hospitals, many states employed crisis standards of care. While these standards vary slightly from state to state, the main commonality between these policies is that they prioritize giving treatment to patients who medical professionals feel will respond well to treatment. But in overcrowd…

NDY’s Amy Hasbrouck Speaks Out In Article On Canadian “MAiD Gone Wrong”

November 7, 2022aid in dying, Amy Hasbrouck, assisted suicide, Canada, euthanasia, long term services and supports, MAID, Our News & Commentary Blog, Toujours Vivant-Not Dead YetAmy Hasbrouck, assisted suicide, Canada, euthanasia, Toujours Vivant/Not Dead Yet CanadaDiane Coleman

…Dying in Canada, MAiD accounted for 3.3 per cent of all Canadian deaths in 2021. Year after year MAiD deaths have inched up. If MAiD was counted as a cause of death by Statistics Canada, it would have been the 10th leading cause of death in 2018. In 2019 it was the ninth leading cause of death. Then in 2020, despite the onset of COVID, it was the seventh leading cause of death. “It (MAiD) is actually just a way of depressurizing the problems with…