Hastings Ctr Report: Article Claims Ashley X “Sacrificed for the disability rights agenda”

…from an excellent Salon article on the issue, although she disregards the questions raised about the ethics committee process in the same article. Incredibly, she quotes Nancy Mairs, a writer and disability rights advocate to make a point: People who act on principle are likely to sacrifice the individual for the agenda, which is frequently shaped by their own, often deeply buried, presuppositions about what constitutes an acceptable life. Tarzia…

Anita Cameron Testified At “People’s Hearing” for In-Home Services

…elow is a video of her moving testimony, followed by a transcript. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCVfzVlcB4E&t=8s Hi, everyone. I didn’t hear my introduction. People were worried because my phone died in the middle of all of this. I’m really happy that we are having these people’s hearings, because look, I wanna say, we cannot afford to lose the Affordable Care Act. I have been going through all kinds of hospitalizations, doctor’s visits. Even t…

Joan Cavanagh, Progressives Against Medical Assisted Suicide: Another Point of View

…loved ones. They cited cost-cutting imperatives by hospitals and insurance companies combined with prejudice against the disabled, the elderly, and the poor as twin threats which can only be further enabled by this legislation. In the words of activist Elaine Kolb, Medical Assisted Suicide is not a “slippery slope” but a juggernaut. The most recent Assisted Suicide bill in Connecticut was voted out of the Public Health Committee for the first time…

RELEASE: Disability Rights Group Challenges Language for Assisted Suicide Ballot Measure as “Misleading, Inaccurate, and Euphemistic”

…has taken a leading role in opposing the ballot measure, and has been featured in the Boston Sunday Globe Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, and on local TV and radio. For full features of release, go to: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/5/prweb9517524.htm Petition to Amend Ballot Language: http://ww1.prweb.com/prfiles/2012/05/17/9517524/Petition%20to%20Amend%20Ballot%20Title%20and%20Yes%20Statement2.pdf