Press Statement: Disability Rights Groups Not Dead Yet and Second Thoughts Issue Statement Defending Dr. Ira Byock in Assisted Suicide Debate

October 24, 2014assisted suicide, barbara coombs lee, Compassion & Choices, diane coleman, ira byock, john kelly, Our News & Commentary Blog, Second Thoughts, VSEDassisted suicide, Brittany Maynard, Compassion and Choices, Dr. Ira ByockDiane Coleman

[Editor’s Note: The PRWeb version of this Press Statement is available online in pdf format here.] Not Dead Yet and Second Thoughts, disability rights groups that oppose legalization of assisted suicide, issue the following Statement in support of Dr. Ira Byock’s role in the public policy debate spurred by the Brittany Maynard case: “Dr. Ira Byock, one of the nation’s leading palliative care physicians and author of ‘The Best Care Possible’, has…

Followup on Princetonian – and more thoughts from Bill Peace and Gary Presley

October 27, 2009blog recommendations, Gary Presley, media coverage, media issues, Our News & Commentary Blog, Peter Singer, william peaceStephen Drake

…cetonian, which contained inaccurate and defamatory remarks about NDY. The online article has been revised. The article also carries an Editor’s note at the end of the article, which we’re told was published in today’s print edition of the Princetonian: Due to an editing error, an earlier version of this article inaccurately referred to protests organized by Not Dead Yet and held at Nassau Hall in September 1999 as violent. Diane Coleman, presiden…

More on Falconer Bill: Open Letter from Leaders of Disabled People’s Movement in UK and USA

July 8, 2009advocacy, assisted suicide, blog recommendations, bloggers, dave crippen, Our News & Commentary Blog, United KingdomStephen Drake

…nt. Dave’s blog is just one of several hosted on the site “Disability Arts Online,” which is a site well worth checking out to find out what the more artistically talented members of our community are doing. As mentioned at the top of this post, Dave Lupton has posted the Open Letter on his own blog and is titled “Final Solution.” Here is an excerpt: As leaders of the disabled people’s movement in the UK and the USA, we are extremely concerned abo…

Blog Bonanza: Montana and Assisted Suicide

September 9, 2009analysis, assisted suicide, blog recommendations, bloggers, Montana, Our News & Commentary BlogStephen Drake

…ssion pure. Finally, Kevin Yuill shared some of his own analysis on Spiked Online in “Assisted suicide: the real slippery slope“: (excerpt) In some ways, what happens in this state will have little impact beyond its borders. Just one million people live in this huge territory, which is nearly one-and-a-half times the size of the British Isles. But the implications of the outcome of this case, of course, do not end with Montana. If successful, whic…

Arizona Daily Star Romanticizes the Suicide of a Disabled Woman in a “Tribute”

September 18, 2009euthanasia, media coverage, media issues, Our News & Commentary Blog, reality check, suicide, suicide preventionStephen Drake

…hat. It takes something extraordinary for it to happen. I also went to her online memorial and the guest book. For all the lives she touched, people she helped, people she reached out to — there are only four entries in the guest book. The article mentions that Kelly’s mobility issues had increased over the past couple years and she used a scooter. Did that make friends less ready to make time for her, worrying about the accessibility of whatever…