John Kelly’s Testimony Before the New Jersey Health and Senior Services Committee in Opposition to A2270

…recognition of this fact, when the New England Journal of Medicine held an online poll last year, its invented case was a man with metastatic pancreatic cancer, with pain well-controlled. Two thirds of respondents, by the way, opposed legalization. We disabled people have lives that frequently look like the lives of people requesting assisted suicide, but we reject as bizarre the notion that personal dignity is somehow lost through physical depend…

John Kelly: Movies Can Send A Dangerous Message About Suicide and Disability

October 14, 2016better dead than disabled, john kelly, Me Before You, Our News & Commentary Blog, suicide, suicide preventionbetter dead than disabled, John Kelly, Me Before You, suicide preventionDiane Coleman

…!” John Kelly is a longtime East Fens resident and disability rights advocate. He founded Neighborhood Access Group (NAG) in 2000 and is now director of Second Thoughts Massachusetts: Disability Rights Advocates against Assisted Suicide. For the online version of this article, go to page 4 here. The article includes a photo entitled “Protestors gather outside the Fenway Regal Cinema” and depicting about 14 protesters, including at least 5 wheelcha…

Disability Activists Protest Holding Paralympic Torch Ceremony At Site of Disability Massacre

April 12, 2021hate crime, Japan, mercy killing, murder, Our News & Commentary Bloghomicide, Japan, Sagamihara murdersDiane Coleman

…ed on this Hate Crime: A killing rampage targets disabled people and on an ONLINE VIGIL FOR THE MURDERED DISABLED PEOPLE OF SAGAMIHARA. We also wrote a Statement on the First Anniversary of the Sagamihara Murders in support of those holding an event in remembrance of the lives lost. Disability activists in Japan are now protesting a decision to hold the Paralympic Torch ceremony at the site of this horrific massacre, an institution which symbolize…

NDY Urges AMA To Affirm Longstanding Opposition to Legalizing Assisted Suicide

February 15, 2017aid in dying, AMA, AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs, assisted suicide, Our News & Commentary Blogaid in dying, American Medical Association, assisted suicide, death with dignity, Oregon Assisted Suicide DataDiane Coleman

…n the request for assisted suicide and death for each person. However, the online state reports do not reveal how many people outlived the 180-day prediction. Instead, the reports give that year’s median and range of the number of days between the request for a lethal prescription and death. This is on page 7 of the 2015 annual report.[5] In 2015, at least one person lived 517 days; across all years, the longest reported duration between the reque…

Testimony of Diane Coleman, Not Dead Yet, Opposing New Hampshire HB 1659

…n the request for assisted suicide and death for each person. However, the online state reports do not reveal how many people outlived the 6-month or 180-day prediction. Instead, the reports give that year’s median and range of the number of days between the request for a lethal prescription and death. This is on page 13 of the 2018 annual report.[6] (The 2019 report is not yet available.) In 2018, at least one person lived 807 days; across all ye…