…erviewed for 8 radio and 11 TV broadcasts. There were at least 41 print or online articles that mentioned NDY, including Associated Press, New York Times, Politico, Huffington Post and Forbes. Systems Advocacy: NDY staff and advocates pursued a number of key systems advocacy policy initiatives during the reporting year, using a combination of strategies and approaches. Assisted Suicide: NDY opposed legalization of assisted suicide through training…
[Editor’s Note: A PRWeb version of the press release below is online in pdf format here.] Not Dead Yet applauds Second Thoughts Connecticut, as disability advocates held a press conference Monday and now prepare to testify against an assisted suicide bill (HB 7015) at a Connecticut House Judiciary Committee hearing being held on Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Not Dead Yet’s New England regional director John Kelly is also submitting written testimony…
…hese documents are intended to provide consumers, as well as legal and medical advisors, important information for health care decision-making and advance directives. A formal joint announcement can be viewed online on both the Not Dead Yet and Respecting Choices websites, and the revised fact sheets are online (feeding tubes, breathing supports) and available for purchase from Respecting Choices….
[Editor’s Note: The October 1, 2015 press release below is also available online in PDF format through PRWeb here. The friend-of-the-court brief described in the release can be read here.] Not Dead Yet and Five Other National Disability Groups File Friend of the Court Brief in New Mexico Supreme Court in Assisted Suicide Case On September 30, 2015, Not Dead Yet and five other national disability rights organizations filed a friend-of-the-court in…
…leman’s Response to Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Approaching Death Online Survey Diane testifying Disability Activist Anita Cameron To Speak At Congressional Briefing On Assisted Suicide Disability Activists from Not Dead Yet and ADAPT Engage in Funeral March to Protest Assisted Suicide Ballot Measure Disability Activists from Not Dead Yet and other Colorado organizations to Testify in Opposition to Colorado Assisted Suicide Bill Disabilit…
