…suicide? Derek Humphrey, the founder of the Hemlock Society – better known today as Compassion and Choices – aptly stated “Surveys have consistently found that most people would rather continue living at home rather than in a nursing home. What has not been known until recently, however, is that the aversion to ‘such a facility is so strong that 30% of those surveyed said they would rather die than live permanently in a nursing home.’” Well, on th…
…d other disability rights groups in Chicago September 18-20 to protest the World Federation of Right to Die Societies conference. Amy Hasbrouck, director of Toujours Vivant/Not Dead Yet Canada and Nic Steenhout, director of Living with Dignity, will hold a press conference on Friday, September 19 at noon at 511 N. Columbus Drive, Chicago, to respond to Canadian speakers at the conference. “A busload of ADAPT activists just arrived last night to jo…
…ates in the USA legalize assisted suicide. Below is one of the photos from today’s story – and an excerpt. It’s Friday, we needed a laugh, and we were gifted with this: Meet The Terminally Ill Woman Who Is Choosing To End Her Life With Dignity, At The Snapping Jaws Of 20 Hungry Wolves Henrietta Green is brave. In fact, the only thing the 61-year-old from Yarmouth, ME fears is dying without dignity. That’s why, when doctors diagnosed her with l…
…and say, “Not dead yet”, and that it just seems so appropriate and it’s in today’s COVID-19 world it’s very much a… But I know Not Dead Yet is more than what’s in The Life of Brian. What is the mission of Not Dead Yet? Diane Coleman: Well, we started out, the big issue at that time was Dr. Jack Kevorkian, also known as Dr. Death in Michigan because the majority, overwhelming majority of his body count was assisted suicides with people with disabil…
…olutions to the social care crisis and continued financial support for our world-class NHS. Last time the House of Commons considered legalising assisted suicide (in 2015), it was rejected by a majority of 212, affirmation that terminally ill and disabled people are entitled to equal protection under the law. What has changed in the last six years to require the issue to be debated again? Certainly not the views of palliative care doctors or geria…
