Media Coverage and Links to testimony of ‘Second Thoughts’ members before MA legislative hearing on Assisted Suicide

March 12, 2012assisted suicide, disability activists, disability rights advocates, legislation, Massachusetts, Our News & Commentary Blog, Second ThoughtsStephen Drake

…upset over “Death with Dignity” bill: wwlp.com The good news is that this news story focused on disability activists; the bad news is that comments from disability activists are short and not even the most truly representative of the arguments they made before the legislature that day. Full testimony of Second Thoughts members John Kelly, Michael Muehe, Eileen Feldman and Denise Karuth can be accessed via their Testimony Page (there are links to…

NY Court of Appeals Rally – Two Photos and Coverage

June 2, 2017"death with dignity", aid in dying, amicus brief, Anita Cameron, assisted suicide, court cases, New York, Our News & Commentary Blogaid in dying, assisted suicide, court cases, death with dignity, Friend of the Court Brief, New YorkDiane Coleman

…wed & protest footage] Advocates push for right to die legislation (Albany News 10 ABC, 5/30/17) [Adam Prizio, NDY attorney, interviewed & protest footage] New York’s high court hears physician-assisted suicide case (Rochester News 10 NBC, 5/30/17) Defense arguments in Myers v. Schneiderman – public radio interview of disability attorney Adam Prizio by Alyssa Plock (Capitol Pressroom, 5/30/17) [Transcript in process] NY’s highest court to weigh ph…

Request to remove life-support from 6-Month-Old in Texas Withdrawn for Now – Texas NDY

January 21, 2009abuse, crime and punishment, david coronado, futile care, haleigh poutre, Our News & Commentary Blog, Surrogate Decisions & Guardianship, texasStephen Drake

…e’s part of the story, as related in today’s edition of the Dallas Morning News: The fate of a brain-damaged 6-month-old Dallas boy is uncertain after his court-appointed attorney on Tuesday withdrew a motion to let doctors take the baby off life support. But the fate of his parents, arrested last month on child abuse charges, may hinge on whether David Coronado Jr. survives his horrific injuries. The baby’s attorney ad litem, Holly Schreier, told…

Italy: Eluana Englaro is Dead – Questions Remain

February 10, 2009"end of life", Italy, media coverage, Our News & Commentary Blog, policy, politics, vegetative stateStephen Drake

…the Englaro tragedy. Flavia Krause-Jackson and Steve Scherer of Bloomberg News both deserve “credit” (discredit would be more accurate) for filing news stories that inaccurately referred to Englaro as “brain-dead” and “force-fed.” To be fair, it’s possible that maybe Krause-Jackson and Scherer weren’t personally responsible for the repeated use of the term “brain-dead” in article headlines. However, they clearly chose to use the term “force-fed”…

Video Link to July 7 Debate on Falconer Bill (Swiss Suicide Immunity)

July 14, 2009assisted suicide, jane campbell, legislation, Our News & Commentary Blog, policy, Switzerland, United KingdomStephen Drake

There’s good news and bad news. I can provide the link to the debate on Lord Falconer’s bill on extending immunity to people who accompany family members to Switzerland to commit suicide at a Dignitas facility. The bad news is this: It’s a continous videostream of the entire 7.5 hours of debate in the House of Lords that day and the connection and buffering can be erratic. As I’ve mentioned before, I have terrible trouble doing transcripts myself…