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…oleman, our President and CEO, an email at dcoleman@notdeadyet.org. Thanks for the love. It keeps us going! Sincerely, The NDY Staff and Board www.notdeadyet.org Like us on Facebook Follow Us on Twitter…

NDY Activists Leaflet Justice Action Center (NY Law School) Featuring Opponents Discussing “Disability Concerns” Without Including Disability Rights Activists to Speak for Ourselves

November 19, 2012alicia ouellette, Ann Neumann, civil rights, Compassion & Choices, disability activists, disability rights, disability rights advocates, Justice Action Center, Our News & Commentary Blog, symposiumStephen Drake

…advocates. Ouellette gets many things wrong about disability issues in her book. For more information, contact www.notdeadyet.org. (PAGE 2) NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US (CONT.) It appears likely that panelist Ann Neumann will focus on religious issues, but her blog “Otherspoon” has demonstrated her longstanding marked disdain for disability advocates who organize against pro-euthanasia and assisted suicide groups. In her July 2012 post on “Otherspo…

NDY Files Statement With Canadian Panel on Carter Case

October 18, 2015assisted suicide, Canada, Council of Canadians with Disabilities, court decisions, euthanasia, Our News & Commentary Blog, Toujours Vivant-Not Dead YetCarter v. Canada, Council of Canadians with Disabilities, Toujours Vivant/Not Dead Yet CanadaDiane Coleman

…ose prosecuted to defend themselves by proving that the guidelines submitted by the Council of Canadians with Disabilities were met. [i] https://www.dropbox.com/s/izn5zr6rrazq5lj/ccdpolicyfinal150924.docx?dl=0…

The Atlantic: “Physician-Assisted Suicide Is Not Progressive” by Ira Byock

October 26, 2012assisted suicide, hospice, ira byock, Our News & Commentary Blog, palliative careStephen Drake

…ives to resist. But “the right to die” is just a slogan. No civil right to commit suicide exists in any social compact. Human beings have a biologically imposed obligation to die; and, as Jean Paul Sartre reminded us, suicide is always an option. However, even if a civic right to suicide did exist, suicide and assisted suicide are very different things. Suicide might be a purely private act; but physician-assisted suicide involves two people, one…

John Kelly Testimony in Opposition to Minnesota HF 1930

…ching back to the six-month standard used in other states. When proponents testify before committees such as yours, they often emphasize “safeguards.” When bills get passed, they return in following sessions to complain about these same safeguards as “barriers” to care. From the first Oregon report in 1998 regarding its “Death with Dignity Act,” it’s been clear that use of assisted suicide has been most associated with perceptions of individual co…