Carol Cleigh Sutton: We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident…

December 17, 2020ableism, aid in dying, assisted suicide, better dead than disabled, bioethics, Carol Cleigh Sutton, euthanasia, healthcare rationing, Our News & Commentary Blogbetter dead than disabled, euthanasia, nonvoluntary euthanasia, W. Carol CleighDiane Coleman

…ilar conversation she’d had with her brother. He had maintained that the virus only kills “the unproductive.” That is, until a good friend of his died. The truth is that the history of human civilization is a tension between two positions: hierarchy of value and equity of value. Either we value all human lives equally or we don’t. Many ideologies defend hierarchy, Divine Right to Social Darwinism to Utilitarianism have tried to normalize the rejec…

Long Discussion on Kevorkian and Related Topics with Stephen Hand

June 14, 2010assisted suicide, bioethics, blogtalkradio, euthanasia, Kevorkian, Our News & Commentary Blog, Peter Singer, Stephen HandStephen Drake

…ogation (as some tend to be) and more like an exploration of some areas of mutual concern. The time flew by amazingly quickly. The show is available for listening at this link I want to thank Steve Hand for 90 minutes I felt were spent well. I hope that he and his listeners felt the same way. –Stephen Drake. Addendum: Coincidentally, Edwin Black has an op-ed out today on The Cutting Edge – you can read Mendoza Legislation AB 2072 Nudges California…

Exec. Director of American Humanist Assoc. Echoes Compassion and Choices’ Exploitation of Elderly Homicide/Suicides

April 16, 2013American Humanist Association, assisted suicide, Compassion & Choices, Donna J Cohen, exploitation, Homicide / 'Mercy Killing', Our News & Commentary Blog, researchStephen Drake

…. Here’s a “reality check” on elderly homicide/suicides: It turns out that mutual suicide pacts and motivations of real compassion are rare in such murders or murder/suicides. Julie E. Malphurs and Donna Cohen have conducted several studies on this increasing type of domestic violence. Donna Cohen, in a media release from Carers New Zealand, shared some of the research findings: “These are not acts of love. They are not compassionate homicides. Th…

Sarah Cavar: ASAN’s Invitational Summit on Supported Decision-Making

June 19, 2018ASAN, Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, Health care decision-making, long term services and supports, Our News & Commentary Blog, Sarah Cavar, supported decision making, Surrogate Decisions & GuardianshipASAN, Autistic Self Advocacy Network, supported decision makingDiane Coleman

…residents; and interrogating the ableist idea that a disabled person is untrustworthy if they do not have a guardian speaking on their behalf. Additionally, ensuring more housing is available to disabled people living on Section 8 housing benefits is crucial. By extension, this requires securing affordable and accessible housing for all people, a fight which is still ongoing. Thus, ASAN encourages disability rights activists to work alongside fair…

Criste Reimer’s Death Not About Health Care Debt or Compassion

August 21, 2007homicide, Homicide / 'Mercy Killing', Our News & Commentary Blog, researchStephen Drake

…s ago in the coverage of the murder of Shirley Harrison. It turns out that mutual suicide pacts and motivations of real compassion are rare in such murders or murder/suicides. Julie E. Malphurs and Donna Cohen have conducted several studies on this increasing type of domestic violence. Donna Cohen, in a media release from Carers New Zealand, shared some of the research findings: “These are not acts of love. They are not compassionate homicides. Th…