Time Magazine – Sloppy and Inaccurate Kevorkian Obit Written by News Director in “Person of the Year” Issue

December 15, 2011assisted suicide, euthanasia, Howard Chua-Eoan, Kevorkian, media issues, obitiatry, Our News & Commentary Blog, reality check, Time magazineStephen Drake

…n 1999, after Kevorkian had deftly avoided criminal responsibility in several cases, he was convicted of second-degree murder when video surfaced of him administering a deadly dose. Eight years later he was paroled; a quiet period followed, and then he resumed his crusade, pushing his cause vigorously though never again assisting in suicides. His detractors, though, continued to decry his methods, claiming they skirted the subtleties of psychology…

Disability Activists, Advocates and Others Pile on Time Magazine’s Error-Filled Kevorkian Tribute

December 19, 2011assisted suicide, bint alshamsa, blog recommendations, Carol Loving, diane coleman, euthanasia, john kelly, Kendall Corbett, Kevorkian, media issues, Our News & Commentary Blog, Time magazineStephen Drake

…men with MS who raised children, I see Sherry Miller’s despair as having been caused, not by MS, but by her husband. As a disabled woman, I see Kevorkian as a serial killer who exploited women like Sherry Miller, who didn’t get the same suicide prevention a non-disabled woman would have a right to expect. The press who helped Kevorkian get away with it, by combining anti-disability bias with laziness in reporting about his “crusade”, should be ash…

Organ Procurement Guidelines, Health Care Decisions and People With Disabilities

January 3, 2012bioethics, dcd, diane coleman, donation after cardiac death, national catholic partnership on disability, organ donation, Our News & Commentary Blog, public comment, Stephen Mikochik, united network for organ sharingStephen Drake

…blind attorney and law professor at Temple University who chairs the National Catholic Partnership on Disability, also submitted a letter urging that the comment period be reopened. He did not mince words in describing the proposed changes as discriminatory and worse: . . . [B]y identifying patients with upper spinal cord injuries as DCD candidates, requiring solicitation of their organs for transplant, necessarily entailing withdrawal of life-sup…

Maryland: Using a “PVS” Diagnosis to justify Organ Harvesting Without Consent

February 21, 2012Maryland, Maryland Disability Law Center, national catholic partnership on disability, National Catholics Bioethics Center, organ donation, organ transplants, Our News & Commentary Blog, Stephen Mikochik, vegetative stateStephen Drake

…urrent urinary tract infections” which can become more generalized. Specifically arguing against presumed consent by the person diagnosed in PVS, she says, “House Bill 449 violates the right to informed consent of the most vulnerable of persons, subjecting them to a procedure that could be lethal to them.” She then addresses a proposed amendment to the bill which would limit the organ donation authority to people diagnosed in PVS from whom life su…

Webinar Aug. 29! The Risks of Assisted Suicide Laws for Disability and Eating Disorders Communities

August 27, 2024ableism, Anorexia Nervosa, assisted suicide, Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, MAID, Our News & Commentary Blog, webinarAnorexia Nervosa, assisted suicide, medical aid in dying, WebinarDiane Coleman

…laws, particularly in ways that harm people with disabilities and chronic mental health conditions. The panel will also examine how societal biases can lead to dangerous assumptions that certain lives are less worth living, less worthy of care and healthcare dollars. Our panelists include: Anita Cameron: A prominent activist and Director of Minority Outreach for Not Dead Yet, with extensive experience in disability justice and advocacy. Diane Cole…