More on Canadian Pro-Euthanasia “Awareness” Campaign – from Alex Schadenberg and Toronto Star

December 29, 2009alex schadenberg, blog recommendations, euthanasia, euthanasia prevention coalition, marketing, media issues, Our News & Commentary Blog, reality check, thaddeus popeStephen Drake

…e to a very serious issue by using fictional stories. The Dignity in Death website misrepresents what the euthanasia and assisted suicide laws state in Canada. The website falsely states that voluntary euthanasia is already legal in Canada. This is not true. What they appear to mean is that refusing life-sustaining medical treatment is euthanasia. But this is not euthanasia. Alex has more on the article and the authors of this campaign and I urge…

Alert From NCIL: Healthcare Vote Expected Next Week: The Fight Is Not Over!

July 14, 2017disability activists, national council on independent living, Our News & Commentary Blogdisability protests, healthcare policies, National Council on Independent LivingDiane Coleman

…your texts turned into faxes, mail, or hand-delivered letters. Use faxzero.com to fax your Senators for free. Find your Senator’s email address, Twitter handle, and other information through Contacting Congress. Please see our previous alert for additional ways to take action. Every single one of us needs to keep the pressure on our Senators! Call often, send emails, keep protesting, and Tweet at GOP Senators; take action in every way you can! * P…

Assisted Suicide Advocates Advance Exploitation of Elderly Murder/Suicides for Political Gain

September 8, 2010bullshit, Compassion & Choices, Conflation and Con jobs, homicide, Homicide / 'Mercy Killing', media coverage, media issues, Montana, Our News & Commentary Blog, reality checkStephen Drake

…derstand what’s available, so you can make choices.” Most of all, he said, Compassion and Choices helps people communicate. Doctors and patients, patients and family, family and physicians. “Because too often,” he said, “failure to communicate ends in less than optimal care.” Or, more tragically, in an anguished couple choosing the only option they think is available. Time for another Bullshit Alert. Technically, there is no statute in Montana aut…

NDY Quoted in AP Coverage of Kevorkian While Others in the Media Drop the Ball

March 25, 2008advocacy, Kevorkian, media coverage, Our News & Commentary Blog, politicsStephen Drake

…ollowed up with phone calls, talking directly to a reporter at the Detroit Free Press, a staffer at the Associated Press, and had to leave a message on the voice mail of Detroit News reporter covering this story. The Detroit Free Press reporter seemed kind of bored with the idea that Kevorkian should actually be challenged in the way a real candidate should Things went better at the Associated Press, though. The staffer allowed the apparent discre…

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

…ameron … sees it as part of a fight for survival: “We know how the medical community mistreats us. They want to get rid of us. If you’re sick, you can be pushed into assisted suicide…. As marginalized people, we see the discrimination we go through at the hands of the medical establishment.” Jules Good, 23, is the assistant director of Not Dead Yet. They are autistic, deaf, and have a complex chronic illness. …”When I was 18, I got a pretty rough…