NDY President Diane Coleman in DC with ADAPT! (Fighting for Medicaid)

…the National Adapt Group Page instead. You can find it at: http://www.facebook.com/NationalAdapt.The top cities with more then 10 people each people “liking” this page are: Austin, Chicago and Philadelphia! Recruit your friends to “like” our page so your city can join this elite list. Austin leads the way with 26 “likes.” 2. Follow the Twitter account @nationaladapt. If you do not have Twitter, you can still read our messages by visiting www.twit…

Final Exit Network in the News – Reframing Themselves and Erasing the Past

…e Network’s compassionate guidance and support, physically and emotionally competent adults in all fifty states are free to exercise their last human right – the right to a peaceful, dignified death. “Final Exit Network is the only organization in the United States that will support individuals who are not “terminally ill” – 6 months or less to live – to hasten their deaths. No other organization in the US makes this commitment,” said Goodwin. Fin…

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Biden Introduces “Crime Victims with Disabilities Act” – but isn’t putting the word out at his Senate Website

…ve to my questions about posting any info about the bill on Biden’s Senate website. This bill is a version of one he introduced last year, which I wrote about in an earlier entry. It looks like a good bill that recognizes that people with disabilities are especially vulnerable to crimes of violence – and that the criminal justice system hasn’t been doing a very good job of helping people even when perpetrators are charged. It seems odd to me, on t…

Minnesota Supreme Court Rules Online Suicide Predator Melchert-Dinkel Protected by First Amendment

…lude that the State may prosecute Melchert-Dinkel for assisting another in committing suicide, but not for encouraging or advising another to commit suicide. Because the district court did not make a specific finding on whether Melchert-Dinkel assisted the victims’ suicides, we remand for further proceedings consistent with his opinion,” wrote Justice G. Barry Anderson in the majority opinion. His 360-day jail sentence had been on hold pending the…