…re the only opponents to legalized assisted suicide quoted in the article. Marilyn Golden from DREDF is quoted as are Diane Coleman and John Kelly from Not Dead Yet. I (Stephen Drake) was also interviewed but not quoted. We celebrate and appreciate that. Still, there are aspects regarding the framing of the story that may make readers wonder why disability activists were relevant to it. First, the graphic used under the headline is a picture of a…
Thanks, I’m Marilyn Golden with the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, and I’m glad for the opportunity to convey to you today the urgency national orgs involved in this issue feel about what could happen in Connecticut Something we all need to fight against It’s easy to be pulled into thinking, the philosophy of the disability rights movement is self-determination, so that has to be my bottom line. I understand how easy that is – – be…
…rage has been. Brittany Maynard’s Storybook Ending (Townhall.com, 11/4/14) Marilyn Golden of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund fears that Maynard’s storyline will create “suicide contagion” as other young people, even those who are not terminally ill, see her as a model. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, “more than 50 research studies worldwide have found that certain types of news coverage can increase the likel…
…through a bill that could not get any traction at all in committee,” said Marilyn Golden, co-chair of the Californians Against Assisted Suicide Coalition. “It’s one thing to run roughshod over the normal committee and legislative process to jam through a district bill, but to do that on what is literally a life-and-death issue is clearly abusive, and should concern all Californians.” (See California legislators revive right-to-die bill, August 18…
…terviews NDY’s Diane Coleman (Audio Link, Transcript Link, 9/8/15) DREDF’s Marilyn Golden Presents to Older Women’s League on the Dangers of Assisted Suicide Laws (1/5/15) Samantha Crane’s and Diane Coleman’s Remarks at the ASAN Awards Gala (Video link, 11/12/14) Disability Rights Leadership Institute on Bioethics (4/25-26/14) Withholding Treatment by Diane Coleman (Text, 4/25/14) Assisted Suicide Laws by Marilyn Golden (Text, 4/25/14) CT Developm…
