…Court Says TEXT version below: Assisted Suicide No Assisted Suicide Right, New York Court Says There is no fundamental constitutional right to assisted suicide, or aid-in-dying as it is known to proponents, an influential state court has said (Myers v. Schneiderman, 2017 BL 314454, N.Y., No. 77, 9/7/17). The New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest judicial body, Sept. 7 said New York’s assisted suicide laws prohibit aid-in-dying, even as it…

…Darling 585-370-6690 bdarling@cdrnys.org Not Dead Yet and Ten National and New York State Disability Groups File Friend of the Court Brief in New York Assisted Suicide Case On January 6, Not Dead Yet and ten other national and New York state disability rights organizations have filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the New York Appellate Division in support of a lower court ruling dismissing a case seeking to legalize physician assisted suicide. Jo…

…ith more than 40 chapters throughout the United States – including four in New York State, ADAPT has most recently gained media attention this past summer for fighting to save Medicaid when over $800 billion Medicaid dollars were at risk in the many proposed bills to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Many disabled, elderly, and ill people rely on Medicaid to live, and especially to live in the community instead of being forced into nursing facilitie…