The Song That Is Sung at Final Exit Network Meetings (Or Should Be)

January 26, 2010final exit network, humor, Our News & Commentary Blog, satireStephen Drake

…not access the mp3 for whatever reason, here are the lyrics from Forster’s website: Cocaine Bill & Morphine Sue– Get out the way. Here comes Helium Hugh. Helium [inhale]…runnin’ round my brain. A ten buck bottle on the street Gets you about a hundred fifty cubic feet Of helium…running round my brain. I’m all through with blow and boo, Bourbon, cigarettes and airplane glue. I no longer waste my breath Crying “Give me Librium or Give me Meth.” Breat…

Peter Singer’s “Tribute” to Harriet Johnson – and Paul Longmore’s Response

January 13, 2009euthanasia, Harriet McBryde Johnson, infanticide, media issues, Our News & Commentary Blog, Paul Longmore, Peter SingerStephen Drake

…osopher Peter Singer. Yet the Times had Singer write that obituary. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/magazine/28mcbryde-t.html?ref=magazine. I sent the letter below to the editor a few minutes ago. I urge everyone who regarded Harriet as one of our most important leaders to register their outrage. As I am sure others did, I waited for the NY Times Magazine to print Longmore’s letter. The wait was in vain. Last Sunday, two responses to Singer were…

Press Release: Disability Rights Organizations Led By Not Dead Yet Issue Open Letter Criticizing Respecting Choices Program for Bias Against Feeding Tubes and Breathing Devices

December 20, 2013Our News & Commentary BlogDiane Coleman

…Breathing: What You Should Know”, have been posted with permission on the website of an Ohio hospice. They are sold on the Respecting Choices website for use in advance care planning. The Gundersen documents express a strong bias against long-term use of feeding tubes, BiPAPs and ventilators, discouraging health care consumers and medical professionals from using these life-sustaining devices except for short-term recovery and not as part of a vi…

Press Release: Not Dead Yet and New York Disability Groups File Objections to NY Medicaid Proposal, Alleging It Would Steer People to Choose Death Over Disability to Save Health Dollars

May 30, 2014Our News & Commentary BlogDiane Coleman

…r quotes several excerpts from the Starter Kit on the Conversation Project website as examples of how living with disability is discussed in a negative way that could lead people to conclude that disability is a fate worse than death and, thus, execute advance directives that reflect that assumption. “Understandably, people don’t want to lose their abilities due to an accident, illness, or age,” said Diane Coleman, President and CEO of Not Dead Ye…

Minnesota: Dakota Grand Jury Convening This Week to Consider Charges Against Members of Final Exit Network

May 7, 2012assisted suicide, courts, final exit network, grand jury, Jerry Dincin, lawrence egbert, Minnesota, reality checkStephen Drake

…ant because not all of what the FEN website claims is true. Take this, for example, from the latest article: A Final Exit Medical Committee reviews information, and if approved, an “Exit Guide” is assigned who provides detailed information how a person may purchase equipment and take steps to end their own life, according to the website. “The Network never supplies equipment,” the website states. That right there – about FEN never supplying equipm…