…living by a hostile medical establishment, so we are working to uphold our lives and everyone’s lives against this “quality-of-life” judgement.   JH: Ok, let me play the devil’s advocate here. If I personally, John Harrison, am disabled and have been disabled for most of my life, and my condition is deteriorating, it is getting worse. I have absolutely no hope. Who are you to stop me from making the decision to end my own life? JK: We do not make…

…ve our homes and communities if we want to receive the supports we need to live our lives. Our society treats the Disability Community so badly that it is not surprising many nondisabled people would prefer death to what little they know of disabled lives. But that is reason to improve society, not to allow people with disabilities to be killed. We already live in a world that devalues disabled lives. Disabled people face discrimination, violence,…

…thinks her life is too much work for other people. It frightens me that I live in a world where feeling like a burden on others is one of the top five reasons people choose assisted suicide[4]. Not pain. Not unbearable physical suffering. People cannot get the services and supports they need to live happily in the community, so they feel like a burden to their loved ones and want to end their lives so as not to inconvenience others. Legalizing as…

…thinks her life is too much work for other people. It frightens me that I live in a world where feeling like a burden on others is one of the top five reasons people choose assisted suicide[4]. Not pain. Not unbearable physical suffering. People cannot get the services and supports they need to live happily in the community, so they feel like a burden to their loved ones and want to end their lives so as not to inconvenience others. Legalizing as…

…report.pdf [29] Autopsy Cutbacks Reveal “Gray Homicides”: http://canhr.org/newsroom/canhrnewsarchive/2011/NPR20110205.html [30] See Hendin and Foley, Physician-Assisted Suicide in Oregon: A Medical Perspective, Michigan Law Review (2008): http://dredf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Hendin-Foley-Michigan-Law-Review.pdf, page 1628. [31] For more details and citations on the role of Compassion and Choices in Oregon assisted suicides, see M. Golden, W…