Shavelson Case Seeking Euthanasia Under Assisted Suicide Law Dismissed

December 9, 2022"death with dignity", aid in dying, amicus brief, assisted suicide, court decisions, dredf, end-of-life options bills, euthanasia, Our News & Commentary Blogassisted suicide expansion, Court Decisions, euthanasia, Friend of the Court Brief, Shavelson caseDiane Coleman

…official record on appeal. Thank you for all your support as amici in the case. I believe it made a difference. NDY adds our thanks to the organizations that joined DREDF’s important brief: American Association of People with Disabilities, Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living, Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network, Disability Rights Legal Center, National Council on Independent Living, National Organi…

Press Release: Disability Rights Advocates Cheer High Court Constitutional Ruling Against Assisted Suicide

December 21, 2022aid in dying, assisted suicide, court decisions, end-of-life options bills, john kelly, Massachusetts, Not Dead Yet, Our News & Commentary Blog, Press Releases, Second Thoughtsaid in dying, assisted suicide, court decision, Not Dead Yet, press release, Second ThoughtsDiane Coleman

…• American Association of People with Disabilities • Assn of Programs for Rural Independent Living • Autistic Self Advocacy Network • Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network • Disability Rights Legal Center • National Council on Independent Living • Not Dead Yet • National Organization of Nurses with Disabilities • TASH • United Spinal Association • World Institute on Disability Massachusetts State Organizations • The Arc of Massachusetts • Disabili…

DREDF and ASAN Oppose “End Run” Assisted Suicide Bill in California Assembly

September 2, 2015"death with dignity", assisted suicide, Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, dredf, Marilyn Golden, Our News & Commentary Blogassisted suicide, Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, Dredf, Marilyn GoldenDiane Coleman

…the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, told the San Jose Mercury News, “This is a heavy-handed attempt to force through a bill that could not get any traction at all in committee,” said Marilyn Golden, co-chair of the Californians Against Assisted Suicide Coalition. “It’s one thing to run roughshod over the normal committee and legislative process to jam through a district bill, but to do that on what is literally a life-and-death issue…

Lisa Blumberg: What Principles Should Govern Charlie Gard’s Case?

July 26, 2017bioethics, court cases, ethics, futility, Health care decision-making, Lisa Blumberg, Our News & Commentary Blog, Peter Singer, surrogate decision making, treatment withdrawal, United Kingdombioethics, Health care decision making, Lisa BlumbergDiane Coleman

…e permitted to bring him home. I cannot get a handle on the situation from news reports. Is Charlie terminally ill or is he instead locked in? Do his doctors even know? Is he in irremediable pain or is his suffering intuited by his “undignified” circumstances? Would the new treatment, if given timely, have offered a hope of stabilizing his condition or giving him an increase in function, even though he still might have had a considerable disabilit…

John Kelly: Not Dead Yet and Second Thoughts make strong showing at Rhode Island hearing

March 31, 2016assisted suicide, Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, depression, elder abuse, Our News & Commentary Blog, Rhode Island, Second Thoughts, Second Thoughts Connecticutassisted suicide, Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, John Kelly, Second Thoughts, Second Thoughts ConnectcutDiane Coleman

…fects over 20,000 Rhode Islanders over the age of 60. “Only in the fantasy world of the proponents are all families, including the thousands of abusive and dysfunctional ones, happily gathered around the peaceful and willing suicide.” Stephen Mendelsohn told the committee that “we have crushed these bills in at least nine states this year and the past three years in Connecticut without a single committee vote. “ Stephen said that Connecticut is th…