CT Disability Activists Garner Amazing Amount of Coverage From Dueling Press Conferences

January 21, 2023aid in dying, assisted suicide, Cathy Ludlum, Connecticut, media bias, media coverage, Our News & Commentary Blog, Second Thoughts Connecticutassisted suicide, Cathy Ludlum, media coverage, medical aid in dying, Progressives Against Medical Assisted Suicide, Second Thoughts ConnectcutDiane Coleman

…nst the legislation. Somers also referenced Canada, which has come under scrutiny for potential abuses of euthanasia. Stalled for a Decade, Bill to Allow Assisted Suicide Gets a Hearing in the Legislature (CT Examiner, 01/18/23) *** Addendum: “The question is how many struggling people will follow their lead, pressured by society and assisted by the health-care system to die,” Cathy Ludlum, of Second Thoughts Connecticut – a grassroots organizatio…

France: Euthanasia Bill Defeated in Senate Vote

January 28, 2011alex schadenberg, euthanasia, euthanasia prevention coalition, France, legislation, Our News & Commentary BlogStephen Drake

…ould have allowed euthanasia for people with disabilities, those with chronic conditions and people who are defined as terminal. Interestingly, no English-speaking news source has covered this story. As a bilingual Canadian, Alex pulled the news off of a French news source so we monolinguals could know about it. I’d bet there would be all kinds of English language coverage if the vote had gone the other way. Funny how that goes. You can read the r…

The Nation Magazine Features NDY & Disability Opposition To Assisted Suicide Laws

May 30, 2023"death with dignity", ableism, aid in dying, assisted suicide, better dead than disabled, MAID, media coverage, Our News & Commentary Blogaid in dying, assisted suicide, media coverage, medical aid in dying, Sara LutermanDiane Coleman

The In the News page on the NDY website links to print and broadcast news pieces that include interview quotes or other mentions of Not Dead Yet or our disability allies. The vast majority of articles and broadcasts are about assisted suicide laws. The pattern, with rare exception, is that the attention on the disability perspective is a tiny fraction of the total piece. That said, Sara Luterman’s article in The Nation, a magazine founded by abol…

Emergency Workers Accused of Letting Man Die – And then the Media Engages in a Posthumous Assault

January 12, 2009blog recommendations, crime and punishment, media coverage, neglect, Our News & Commentary Blog, professional accountability, wrongful deathStephen Drake

…of his house on the web. (if you check out that link, you’ll find that SkyNews refers to Mr. Baker with scare quotes around the word “neglected” when referring to the circumstances of his death) That site is only one of many news sites that posted the pictures and focused on the “squalid” condition of the home. In many of those sites, comments are dominated by people expressing disgust for Baker and not a little sympathy for the ambulance workers…

Carol Cleigh Sutton: We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident…

December 17, 2020ableism, aid in dying, assisted suicide, better dead than disabled, bioethics, Carol Cleigh Sutton, euthanasia, healthcare rationing, Our News & Commentary Blogbetter dead than disabled, euthanasia, nonvoluntary euthanasia, W. Carol CleighDiane Coleman

…ilar conversation she’d had with her brother. He had maintained that the virus only kills “the unproductive.” That is, until a good friend of his died. The truth is that the history of human civilization is a tension between two positions: hierarchy of value and equity of value. Either we value all human lives equally or we don’t. Many ideologies defend hierarchy, Divine Right to Social Darwinism to Utilitarianism have tried to normalize the rejec…