Poll: Finances Dominate Medical Decisions When it Comes to Our Pets

June 10, 2010euthanasia, myths, Our News & Commentary Blog, pets, reality check, research, veterinarianStephen Drake

…tps://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/08/01/opinion/letters-to-the-editor-dog-and-human-euthanasia-end-of-life/ Re “She kept her gravely ill dog alive. Was that animal cruelty?” (Opinion, July 23): As a potential severely ill and disabled person (aren’t we all?), I feel threatened by the idea that it could be a crime to keep a dog alive. If the law holds that a dog that “had bed sores, an open wound, and couldn’t stand or walk” would be better off dead,…

Lisa Blumberg: A Classic Case of Lethal Denial of Medical Treatment Based On Disability

September 16, 2024ableism, access to health care, death by starvation and dehydration, developmental disabilities, DNR, futility, life-sustaining treatment, Lisa Blumberg, medical neglect, Our News & Commentary Blogdenial of medical care, futility, involuntary DNR, Lisa Blumberg, Simon Crosier, unilateral treatment withdrawalDiane Coleman

…mment on the update to the 504 regulations by the Department of Health and Human Services, we included a case documented in the National Council on Disability’s report on medical futility and disability where doctors gave parents of an infant with trisomy 18 misleading information about the child’s survivability. They did this to induce the parents to consent to the withholding of treatment. The Department affirmed that this type of scenario would…

Joan Cavanagh Had Some Words for the CT Mirror Which They Didn’t Print, So We Will

May 6, 2021"death with dignity", access to health care, aid in dying, assisted suicide, Compassion & Choices, end-of-life options bills, health disparities, healthcare rationing, Joan Cavanagh, media bias, Our News & Commentary Blog, Second Thoughts Connecticutassisted suicide, end of life options, media bias, Second Thoughts ConnectcutDiane Coleman

…gainst these dangerous bills a seamless part of my beliefs and actions for human rights. “My life, my death, my choice,” the slogan of Compassion and Choices, found its way to a sign at a Trump supporters’ super-spreader event last year, which is not surprising, since the implication is that individual behavior has no impact on the lives of others. While it may provide an individual “choice” for a select few, among its many evils, the legalization…

Stephen Mendelsohn: Assisted suicide lobby spreads falsehoods to promote systemic ableism

March 8, 2021Our News & Commentary BlogDiane Coleman

…ged and agonizing deaths. Moreover, as the Oregon Department of Health and Human Services stated: “We are not given the resources to investigate [assisted suicide cases] and not only do we not have the resources to do it, but we do not have any legal authority to insert ourselves.” The only reason more abuses have not been documented is that assisted suicide laws are designed to conceal them. Advocates claim to be about patient choice, yet there h…

Mike Reynolds’ Excellent Op-Ed in the Press Herald

November 30, 2018"death with dignity", aid in dying, assisted suicide, Maine, Michael Reynolds, op-ed, Oregon Assisted Suicide Data, Our News & Commentary Blogaid in dying, assisted suicide, Maine, op-edDiane Coleman

…pts to legalize assisted suicide over the past two decades. The Health and Human Services Committee has never supported any version of this proposal, and an assisted-suicide measure has never passed the Legislature. In fact, the last time such a bill went to a floor vote, in 2017, it failed the House by 61 to 85, a larger margin than in recent history. The proponents of this law can’t pass this it in the Legislature, so now they are trying to get…