…tedly claiming Kevorkian had less than a year to live, Jack Kevorkian died today at the age of 83. Today, speaking from their office in Rochester, NY, two spokespersons for the grassroots disability rights organization Not Dead Yet made the following statements: “While it may be culturally correct to refrain from speaking ill of the dead, the fact is that like many other disability activists, I viewed Kevorkian as an opportunist and an exploiter o…
…ut making it easier for physicians to help New Yorkers die (New York Daily News, 10/22/19) Ruthie Poole: Should Mass. pass legislation to allow physician-assisted suicide? NO (Second article, Boston Globe, 07/12/19) Terri Hancharick: Commentary: Assisted suicide legislation endangers those with disabilities (Delaware State News, 05/14/19) Mike Reynolds: I can’t believe I’m still fighting against assisted suicide (Bangor Daily News, 04/09/19) Lisa…
…linked to an editorial from the San Jose Mercury News and commented on it. Today’s paper features a response essay by Teresa Favuzzi. Favuzzi is the executive director of the California Foundation for Independent Living. Excerpts: For the past few years the Mercury News has consistently opined for the legalization of assisted suicide. However, for the third time in as many years, this extreme legislation was rebuked by Democratic and Republican me…
…complex mix churning in my own stomach every time Robert Latimer is in the news again. On August 19, Trouble posted a blog entry titled “This post is about Tracy Latimer’s Murderer“: OH YAY! Gentle reader, I’m here to inform you that once again Tracy Latimer’s murderer is in the news, which means we can deal with another week or two or months or years of people wibbling on about how Tracy Latimer’s murderer is such a sweet innocent man who only mu…
…s). This time at least some of the misinformation was generated by a Dutch news source. News sources in the Netherlands tend to be biased – naturally – in favor of the euthanasia practices in that country, but are generally accurate when describing the “strict guidelines” and eligibility criteria. Not this time. Here is how eligibility is described in the DutchNews.nl article titled Voluntary euthanasia group plans to set up ‘help to die’ teams: E…
