…would be heard before the Council’s Human Services Committee on Monday, February 3rd. (h/t to Stephen Mendelsohn of Second Thoughts Connecticut for alerting us.) The disability advocates at Progress Center for Independent Living, including Evanston resident Larry Biondi, showed up to ensure that the disability opposition to the resolution was clearly heard. News coverage of the Committee meeting included a photo of Biondi making the case that assi…
…the link: Oregon Dept. of Human Services Press Release (March 4, 2005) DHS news release March 4, 2005 Contact: Bonnie Widerburg (503) 731-4180 Program contact: Richard Leman (503) 731-4273 No authority to investigate Death with Dignity case, DHS says The Oregon Department of Human Services has no authority to investigate individual Death with Dignity cases, officials said Friday. The state law authorizing physician-assisted suicide neither requi…
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…lywood movies, John tells host Chris Lovett of Boston Neighborhood Network News, produced “to confirm people’s beliefs that our lives are not worth living.” The segment includes the suicide prevention public service announcement targeting disabled people created by the Center for Disability Rights in Rochester New York. John also comments on the assisted suicide bill recently defeated in the Massachusetts legislature. Chris asks John about Will’s…
