…nd euthanasia as deadly forms of discrimination against disabled and chronically ill people. We are pleased to see the proposed amendments to Rule 1557, which will have a tangible, positive impact on disabled people in healthcare settings. As you continue in the rulemaking process, we ask that you consider the following barriers to equitable healthcare for disabled people, particularly discrimination related to clinical algorithms in healthcare de…
…rights perspective on topics related to assisted suicide, euthanasia, medical ethics, third party decisions to withhold life-sustaining medical treatment and homicides of persons with disabilities. There were over 51,611 views of the website during the reporting year, and NDY posted 143 Facebook entries and 240 tweets. NDY created two video blogs on NDY topics, and a number of presentations were recorded on Zoom and made available. NDY wrote two…
…that we are extremely concerned that assisted suicide, sometimes euphemistically called “aid in dying,” could be legalized in Montana. It is estimated that there are 21,265 cases of elder abuse annually in Montana, reported and unreported (http://web.archive.org/web/20101021101332/http://www.eadaily.com/15/elder-abuse-statistics/). Statistically, 90 percent of elder abusers are a family member or trusted other. Similarly, people with disabilities…
…bled” policies, and we have a message: EQUALITY Every human being is of equal value. Laws that treat some lives as worth protecting, and other lives as worth ending, are discriminatory. DIGNITY Dignity isn’t a handout, and our doctors can’t give it to us in the form of a lethal prescription. We don’t need to die to have dignity – we already have it. DIVERSITY Human diversity is a beautiful fact of life. There is no one perfect kind of human being…
…de and euthanasia organizations held in the U.S. since the year 2000. They call themselves the “World Federation of Right To Die Societies.” But it’s really about the Right to Be Killed and the Duty to Die. Final Exit Network is not really about the “right to die”, it’s about: Suicide how-to instructions and videos online; Exit Guides who assist old, ill and disabled people to die; Exit Guides who hold your arms down so you won’t “accidentally” re…
