…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…
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…hat are joining together to advance the DIA. These include, among others, Bruce Darling (ADAPT), Kelly Buckland (NCIL) and Vanita Gupta (Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights). Below is the event invitation and more information about the bill and why it is so important to NDY. The event will be simulcast on National ADAPT’s social media. You are cordially invited to celebrate the reintroduction of the Disability Integration Act, with col…
…ak up for themselves Being dependent on others does not make a person less human, but it does make them more vulnerable. This vulnerability will be exploited by S1072, despite the so-called safeguards. It will inevitably create more opportunities for abuse. This bill will not make life easier for us, just more complicated and more threatening. I am testifying as a person with Cerebral Palsy and clinical depression. I have contemplated suicide thro…
…ew Jersey state organizations planned to testify at a state Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee on Thursday, February 7, beginning at 1:00 p.m., but only two were allowed to do so. Unlike NJ Committee hearings on the issue in previous years, the hearing was stopped at 2:30, cutting off many witnesses who had signed up to testify. In an even more shocking political dirty trick, nj.com reports that last minute Committee reass…
