…ly only for those with ‘terminal’ conditions, many of us would not be here today,” said Kelly Buckland, executive director of the National Council on Independent Living. “I might not be here today, and I’m grateful that assisted suicide was not legal back then, and I’m committed to keeping it that way.” The brief also expressed concerns about the context of health care cost-cutting in which assisted suicide is being advocated. “In an aging society…

…) and the disability brief supports the Supreme Court (County of New York) ruling which was issued October 16, 2015 and the New York State Attorney General seeking to uphold the ruling. “Our basic position is that when some people get suicide prevention while other people get suicide assistance, and the difference is the person’s age, disability or health status, that’s a problem,” said Not Dead Yet’s president and CEO, Diane Coleman. “It’s a prob…

…BC and countless other media. That these actions were necessary shows the brutal reality of today’s cost-cutting pressures in healthcare. I am here as Director of Minority Outreach for Not Dead Yet, a national disability rights organization opposed to physician assisted suicide and euthanasia as deadly forms of discrimination against people with disabilities, whether terminally ill or not. I live in Rochester, New York, but work with people of col…