…hts of people with disabilities through legal advocacy, training, education, and public policy and legislative development. The vision of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund is a just world where all people, with and without disabilities, live full and independent lives free of discrimination. Check out DREDF’s Resource Page on Assisted Suicide here….
…land family violence prosecutor Debbie Feinstein said. Only in the fantasy world of proponents are all families, including the thousands of abusive and dysfunctional ones, happily gathered around the peaceful and willing suicide. The House Committee on Health, Education & Welfare should not be recommending the introduction of poisonous drugs into abusive situations and then not even require that an independent, disinterested witness be present a…
…land family violence prosecutor Debbie Feinstein said. Only in the fantasy world of proponents are all families, including the thousands of criminally abusive ones, happily gathered around the peaceful and willing suicide. The Health & Welfare Committee should not be recommending the introduction of poisonous drugs into abusive situations and then not even require that an independent, disinterested witness be present at the dying. This bill take…
…n, DC. That response is reprinted below, with permission of the author and newspaper. We’ve also included the brief description of Lydia’s work included that accompanies the original article. The original article can be found at this link. Death without Dignity: The Dangers of Assisted Suicide Posted on February 5, 2015 by Lydia Brown Two weeks ago, the Voice published an editorial supporting a D.C. proposal to legalize physician-assisted suicide….
…vis, 92, who passed away being peacefully drowned by a killer whale at Sea World, and Mark Jenkins, 87, who, surrounded by loved ones, pulled a gun on a group of police officers. If you are sickeningly familiar with the repetetive format of articles using an individual to pitch a change in public policy. The only part of the Maynard story not included here is the “pretty white girl” aspect of the viral story. It’s a well-known phenomenon that stor…
