Press Release: Disability Opposition to Assisted Suicide Bills Helped Secure Third Defeat In New England States This Session
…ngside quotes from Not Dead Yet’s Coleman and Kelly, Marilyn Golden of the California-based Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund was quoted regarding the Connecticut bill, saying “This does not promote patient choice. It invites coercion.” As Second Thoughts Connecticut leader Cathy Ludlum told the Yale Daily News, the bill “would basically redefine what suicide is. It would mean some people are going to get suicide prevention, and other p…