Opening Salvo on New York’s 2018 Assisted Suicide Bill

January 11, 2018"death with dignity", aid in dying, assisted suicide, center for disability rights, NY Alliance Against Assisted Suicide, Our News & Commentary Blogaid in dying, assisted suicide, Center for Disability Rights, NY Alliance Against Assisted SuicideDiane Coleman

…is using crutches. The other man holds a sign which says “Assisted Suicide World’s Cheapest Healthcare”. Local television news covered the press conference and protest, and included brief interviews with Kathryn Carroll (pictured above) and Gregg Beratan, who are from the Center for Disability Rights (CDR), in the news video. CDR’s policy position on the issue is here. The Staten Island Advance also covered the story in Should terminally ill in N….

Disability perspective aired in Brittany Maynard media coverage

November 4, 2014assisted suicide, Brittany Maynard, dredf, john kelly, Marilyn Golden, media coverage, Our News & Commentary Blogassisted suicide, Brittany MaynardDiane Coleman

…closed doors,” Coleman said. The Future of the Right-to-Die Movement (U.S. News & World Report, 11/3/14) Marilyn Golden, senior policy analyst at the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, says Maynard’s case may present a compelling argument on an individual level, “but we must look more broadly at society, at all the people who stand to be harmed.” She says the Oregon law does not do enough to protect vulnerable people from being pressure…

Belgium: “Double Euthanasia” of Deaf Twins Losing Vision and Reactions from a Deaf-Blind Blogger

January 14, 2013Belgium, bioethics, deaf-blind, euthanasia, Our News & Commentary BlogStephen Drake

…c is tragically urgent, something has to be addressed and discussed in the worldwide Deafblind community. Two twins, both Deaf men, from Putte, Belgium (30 miles from Brussels) won the legal right to be euthanized (put to death legally by Belgian doctors) after citing their unbearable burden of going blind. The Bangkok Post reported this and it became widespread, and then a French Belgian newspaper L’Avenir.net made their rounds about this story….

Hawaii Senate Panel to Debate and Hear Testimony on Assisted Suicide Bill Today

February 7, 2011Andi van der Voort, assisted suicide, diane coleman, dredf, hawaii, legislation, Marilyn Golden, Our News & Commentary Blog, Robert Yagi, scott fosterStephen Drake

…d that Yagi was trying to end his wife’s suffering: “When I saw it (on the news), I knew exactly what I was hearing,” he said. “We hear it all the time all over the world, rich people, poor people, people in pain, people suffering.” There is no indication that Yagi’s wife wanted to be killed. Or does Mr. Foster believe there should be some sort of law allowing caregivers to order the euthanasia of their spouse or child? In fact, Foster is just doi…

Followup – DutchNews.nl Corrects Errors in Euthanasia Story While Associated Press Ignores Its Errors

November 21, 2011assisted suicide, Associated Press, corrections, DutchNews.nl, euthanasia, journalistic ethics, media issues, misinformation, Netherlands, Our News & Commentary BlogStephen Drake

…The opinion of a second doctor is also required. For the Dutch euthanasia rules in English, click here That was done quickly (although without acknowledging the prior error). And they added info so readers could find more about the guidelines in Holland themselves. I didn’t see and statement about ethics or principles on the Dutch News site, so I guess they just believe that correcting their mistakes is simply good journalistic practice. I can on…