…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…
…nd Democrat Gary Peters and eight term GOP incumbent Joe Knollenberg, tell Fox News they want to focus on the economy and not Kevorkian. One political science professor says Kevorkian could be a factor in this race, but Dave Dulio predicts that Kevorkian won’t win partly because he won’t take campaign contributions. DAVE DULIO, OAKLAND UNIVERSITY POLI SCI PROF: He has name identification, yes, but you can’t get elected on name identification alone…
…add documentarian to the list. Carr is presenting a 2-part documentary on BBC World Service titled “Euthanasia Road Trip.” Part 1 has aired and is available to listen to on the BBC World Service site. Here’s how the site describes the documentary: The debate over assisted suicide and euthanasia is a passionate one. But as the discussions continue to rage around the world, there are a few places where assisted death is already legal. Switzerland,…
…ability rights activist there (Liz Carr) and one religious representative. BBC online news last night gave brief overview on this matter: Ms Carr said: “I and many other disabled older and terminally ill people, are quite fearful of what legalising assisted suicide would do and mean and those arguments aren’t being debated, teased out, the safeguards aren’t being looked at. “Until we have a programme that does that, then I won’t be happy to move o…
…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,…
