Diane Coleman’s Response to Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Approaching Death Online Survey

…on the nondiscrimination regulations under the Affordable Care Act. These comments are available at http://notdeadyet.org/not-dead-yets-public-comment-to-u-s-dept-of-health-and-human-services-on-affordable-care-acts-nondiscrimination-regulations . Response to Question 6: Again, please see public comments on the nondiscrimination regulations under the Affordable Care Act. These comments are available at http://notdeadyet.org/not-dead-yets-public-c…

NDY Comments on Adult Protective Services Guidelines – Health Care Decision-Making

…tinue to be the guidelines provided by the American Academy of Neurology. (https://www.aan.com/guidelines/home/getguidelinecontent/83) Nevertheless, in a number of cases, a “rush to judgment” has become evident, with medical providers and/or family members pushing to withdraw treatment before the individual has been given the appropriate time to emerge from an unconscious state. Jesse Ramirez was brain injured in a 2007 car accident in Arizona, wh…

Minnesota Supreme Court Rules Online Suicide Predator Melchert-Dinkel Protected by First Amendment

…lude that the State may prosecute Melchert-Dinkel for assisting another in committing suicide, but not for encouraging or advising another to commit suicide. Because the district court did not make a specific finding on whether Melchert-Dinkel assisted the victims’ suicides, we remand for further proceedings consistent with his opinion,” wrote Justice G. Barry Anderson in the majority opinion. His 360-day jail sentence had been on hold pending the…

Marilyn Golden’s Testimony, Senate Judiciary Committee Opposing SB 128

…nd Tribune, July 10, 2007, accessed March 15, 2015, http://portlandtribune.com/component/content/article?id=89126. Margaret Dore, Elder law attorney, in writings such as “What Do We Advise Our Clients?,” King County Bar Association, May 2009 Bar Bulletin, available at http://dredf.org/assisted_suicide/What-Do-We-Advise-Our-Clients.pdf. Dawn Parkot’s letter, December 17, 2014: www.second-thoughts.org/main.legislative_efforts.dawn_parkot_letter_to_n…

Lisa Blumberg: Life, Liberty and Security in Canada – Is this the way we are headed?

…truchon/ https://www.aacpdm.org/UserFiles/file/fact-sheet-spine-072415.pdf https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/dmcn.19_13512 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/montrealers-file-legal-action-contesting-restrictions-on-assisted-dying/article35308414/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/medically-assisted-dying-law-overturned-quebec-1.5279067 https://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/quebec-court-invalidates-some-requirements…