CT Disability Activists Garner Amazing Amount of Coverage From Dueling Press Conferences

January 21, 2023aid in dying, assisted suicide, Cathy Ludlum, Connecticut, media bias, media coverage, Our News & Commentary Blog, Second Thoughts Connecticutassisted suicide, Cathy Ludlum, media coverage, medical aid in dying, Progressives Against Medical Assisted Suicide, Second Thoughts ConnectcutDiane Coleman

…nst the legislation. Somers also referenced Canada, which has come under scrutiny for potential abuses of euthanasia. Stalled for a Decade, Bill to Allow Assisted Suicide Gets a Hearing in the Legislature (CT Examiner, 01/18/23) *** Addendum: “The question is how many struggling people will follow their lead, pressured by society and assisted by the health-care system to die,” Cathy Ludlum, of Second Thoughts Connecticut – a grassroots organizatio…

Lisa Blumberg: Getting Beyond Advance Medical Directives

September 16, 2022advance directives, Conversation Project, DNR, Do-Not-Resuscitate, Dr. Ferdinando Mirarchi, end-of-life care, Health care decision-making, life-sustaining treatment, Lisa Blumberg, Our News & Commentary Blog, supported decision making, treatment withdrawalAdvance Care Planning, advance directives, End-of-life, Lisa Blumberg, treatment withdrawalDiane Coleman

…in-the-age-of-covid-19.html https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/27/opinion/coronavirus-doesnt-discriminate-neither-should-testing-treatment/?p1=Article_Feed_AuthorQuery 7. https://theconversationproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ConversationStarterGuide.pdf https://khn.org/news/article/advance-care-planning-palliative-care-experts-paradigm-shift/ https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/magazine/can-ambien-wake-minimally-conscious.html Ibid. https:…

Neurology Guidelines Push Back Against “Rush To Judgment” In Brain Injury Cases

October 8, 2018American Academy of Neurology, brain injury, coma, consciousness, life-ending decisions, life-sustaining treatment, Our News & Commentary Blog, vegetative stateAmerican Academy of Neurology, brain injury, Kingston Holmes, PVSDiane Coleman

…ousness that are not at all consistent with AAN guidelines. This has been true under the previous guidelines which called for waiting periods of “three months after a nontraumatic insult leading to VS and 12 months following a traumatic injury,” and will be even worse going forward unless doctors and hospitals stop rushing to judgment. It’s bad enough when they ignore the disability rights perspective, but no one should ever defend doctors who ign…

NY Court of Appeals Rally – Two Photos and Coverage

June 2, 2017"death with dignity", aid in dying, amicus brief, Anita Cameron, assisted suicide, court cases, New York, Our News & Commentary Blogaid in dying, assisted suicide, court cases, death with dignity, Friend of the Court Brief, New YorkDiane Coleman

…wed & protest footage] Advocates push for right to die legislation (Albany News 10 ABC, 5/30/17) [Adam Prizio, NDY attorney, interviewed & protest footage] New York’s high court hears physician-assisted suicide case (Rochester News 10 NBC, 5/30/17) Defense arguments in Myers v. Schneiderman – public radio interview of disability attorney Adam Prizio by Alyssa Plock (Capitol Pressroom, 5/30/17) [Transcript in process] NY’s highest court to weigh ph…

The Nation Magazine Features NDY & Disability Opposition To Assisted Suicide Laws

May 30, 2023"death with dignity", ableism, aid in dying, assisted suicide, better dead than disabled, MAID, media coverage, Our News & Commentary Blogaid in dying, assisted suicide, media coverage, medical aid in dying, Sara LutermanDiane Coleman

The In the News page on the NDY website links to print and broadcast news pieces that include interview quotes or other mentions of Not Dead Yet or our disability allies. The vast majority of articles and broadcasts are about assisted suicide laws. The pattern, with rare exception, is that the attention on the disability perspective is a tiny fraction of the total piece. That said, Sara Luterman’s article in The Nation, a magazine founded by abol…