Massachusetts Medical Society Announces Opposition to Legalization of Assisted Suicide (No on 2)

September 18, 2012assisted suicide, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Medical Society, Our News & Commentary Blog, referendumStephen Drake

…e. Below is a link and the announcement in its entirety. This is a very welcome development! Question 2: Prescribing Medication to End Life September 14, 2012 The Massachusetts Medical Society opposes this ballot question. On November 6, Massachusetts voters will have the opportunity to vote on Question 2, “Prescribing Medication to End Life.” We are opposed to Question 2 for these reasons: The proposed safeguards against abuse are insufficient. E…

John Kelly – Assisted Suicide: It’s All about Disability

November 13, 2020"death with dignity", aid in dying, assisted suicide, better dead than disabled, john kelly, Our News & Commentary Blog, thaddeus popeDiane Coleman

…gical distress over the disabling aspects of their serious disease. As one example, lead Massachusetts proponent of the assisted suicide ballot question in 2012, Dr. Marcia Angell, told radio station WBUR that “This has nothing to do with disabled people, nothing whatsoever… It’s fine for them to take whatever position they want to. But they have no special standing.” On September 30, Director of Second Thoughts MA John B. Kelly engaged in a two-h…

John Kelly’s testimony covers medical mistakes, class and race/ethnic divide and more

October 4, 2021"death with dignity", aid in dying, assisted suicide, end-of-life options bills, john kelly, Massachusetts, Me Before You, Our News & Commentary Blog, Testimonyassisted suicide, end of life options, John Kelly, TestimonyDiane Coleman

…2017; 376:2082-2088. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMms1700606 Liz Szabo, “Death with dignity laws and the desire to control how one’s life ends,” Washington Post, October 24, 2016. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/death-with-dignity-laws-and-the-desire-to-control-how-ones-life-ends/2016/10/24/6882d1e6-9629-11e6-bc79-af1cd3d2984b_story.html…

Meet our New Regional Director, John Kelly

November 5, 2013Our News & Commentary Blogassisted suicide, John Kelly, Massachusetts, Regional Director, Second ThoughtsStephen Drake

…ton Globe published my piece on our clash with the death promoters. http://www.ragged-edge-mag.com/extra/ndykellyoped.htm In the 1990s, I went to graduate school at Brandeis in order to study with one of the founders of Disability Studies, Irving Zola. I loved studying and learning, but realized that I preferred a life of activism to academia. My research led to a couple of articles in the Ragged Edge, on how fear of incontinence helps fuel the as…

Montana: Diane Coleman Letter on Elder Abuse and Assisted Suicide Published in Missoulian

December 6, 2012assisted suicide, elder abuse, letters to the editor, Montana, Our News & Commentary BlogStephen Drake

…formation about problems with legalization of assisted suicide, please see www.notdeadyet.org and www.montanansagainstassistedsuicide.org. Diane Coleman, President/CEO, Not Dead Yet, Rochester, New York (note – URL in text above is different than the one that originally appeared in the letter. The Elder Abuse Daily site seems to be defunct – sadly, organizations that concern themselves with reporting and preventing elder abuse have a harder time f…