Not Dead Yet UK Warns About Lord Falconer’s Aim to Legalize Assisted Suicide

August 20, 2024aid in dying, assisted suicide, jane campbell, Liz Carr, miss dennis queen, Not Dead Yet UK, Our News & Commentary Blog, Phil Friend, safeguards, slippery slope, United Kingdomassisted suicide, Not Dead Yet UK, United KingdomDiane Coleman

…ever, this does not reassure us. We have seen, again and again, across the world, that laws that begin with relatively strict parameters, such as terminal illness, expand and expand until people with treatable conditions, children, and people who simply can’t afford accessible housing end up being approved to die by assisted suicide. While Falconer assures us there will be “safeguards”, in reality, these safeguards are virtually impossible to impl…

Rochester Disability Community Remembers Disabled Victims of Domestic Violence, Deaf Victims of Euthanasia as Part of National Disability Mourning Day

February 27, 2013Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, center for disability rights, disabilities, disability, disability history, murder, national council on independent living, Our News & Commentary BlogStephen Drake

…en as worthless. The National Council on Independent Living is the longest-running national cross-disability, grassroots organization run by and for people with disabilities. Founded in 1982, NCIL represents thousands of organizations and individuals including: Centers for Independent Living (CILs), Statewide Independent Living Councils (SILCs), individuals with disabilities, and other organizations that advocate for the human and civil rights of…

Peter Singer: Latest Lecture Recommends Rationing Health Care on the Back of Disabled People

September 28, 2011bioethics, disabilities, disabled people, discrimination, health care reform, healthcare rationing, Our News & Commentary Blog, Peter SingerStephen Drake

…176th in infant mortality and 50th in life expectancy according to the CIA World Factbook. According to a study conducted by the World Health Organization, the United States health care system is ranked 37th. These statistics make “it look like we’re not getting good value for money,” Singer said. From NDY’s perspective, Singer’s stating the obvious here. It’s hard to understand how anyone other than affluent people with comprehensive health insur…

UK: Disability Campaigners Press For Law Enforcement on Assisted Suicides

January 9, 2009advocacy, assisted suicide, crime and punishment, Our News & Commentary Blog, United KingdomStephen Drake

…sisted suicide is wrong in both instances: “While we continue to live in a world where disability or end-of-life care are seen as negative, we will never get to a situation where people can take their own lives in a non prejudicial way,” she says. Like disability advocates all over the world (including the U.S.), advocates like Carr and Campbell already have their hands full advocating for resources that people with disabilities need to live. Not…

Press Release (Mass.) Disability Rights leaders reach out to Elizabeth Warren regarding ‘No On 2’

September 25, 2012"death with dignity", assisted suicide, disability rights advocates, Elizabeth Warren, john kelly, Massachusetts, No on Question 2, Our News & Commentary Blog, press releaseStephen Drake

…tion of assisted suicide include: American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT), Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL), Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), Boston Center for Independent Living, Disability Policy Consortium, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), Justice For All (JFA), MetroWest Center for Independent Living, National Council on Independent Living (NCIL), National Spinal Cord Injury…