NDY Submission re: Draft General Comment on Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

…ort.pdf [xxvii] Autopsy Cutbacks Reveal “Gray Homicides”: http://canhr.org/newsroom/canhrnewsarchive/2011/NPR20110205.html [xxviii] 42 U.S.C. § 12101, et seq. [xxix] See e.g., Not Dead Yet et al. brief in Gonzales v. Oregon (http://www.notdeadyet.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/gonzales.html) and Myers v. Schneiderman (http://notdeadyet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/NY-COA-Amicus-Feb-14-2017.pdf) [xxx] Medical Futility in End-of-Life Care, Id. [xx…

Testimony opposing Hawaii SB 803

…d that Yagi was trying to end his wife’s suffering: “When I saw it (on the news), I knew exactly what I was hearing,” he said. “We hear it all the time all over the world, rich people, poor people, people in pain, people suffering.” There is no indication that Yagi’s wife wanted to be killed. Or does Mr. Foster believe there should be some sort of law allowing caregivers to order the euthanasia of their spouse or child? In fact, Foster is just doi…

NDY Board Chair Anne Sommers Oral Testimony in Opposition to Assisted Suicide Bill in District of Columbia

…f the Americans with Disabilities Act, acknowledge the contributions and struggles of Americans with disabilities, and offer recommitment to its aims of ending disability discrimination. However, here we are today, on the virtual eve of this important anniversary of our beloved civil rights law, giving testimony about proposed legislation that would legalize disability discrimination in health care. Why is it disability discrimination? Because som…

Testimony of Diane Coleman JD and Carol Gill Ph.D. Before the Constitution Subcommittee of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee

…e in futuristic society. But it appears that such practices are acceptable today if “only” applied to a loosely defined group of seriously ill or impaired individuals. The fact is that proponents of physician- assisted suicide are willing to risk the lives of hundreds of thousands of severely disabled people who are not terminally ill in order to secure a right to active euthanasia that would effectively shield them from legal scrutiny of their co…

NDY Public Comment on HHS/OCR Proposed Section 504 Healthcare Regulations

…v/sites/default/files/NCD_Medical_Futility_Report_508.pdf https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/advance-care-planning-palliative-care-experts-paradigm-shift/ https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/magazine/can-ambien-wake-minimally-conscious.html https://endassistedsuicide.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Complaint_Accessible.pdf https://ncd.gov/sites/default/files/NCD_Medical_Futility_Report_508.pdf https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/in-the-fac…