…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…
…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…
…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…
…d other disability rights groups in Chicago September 18-20 to protest the World Federation of Right to Die Societies conference. Amy Hasbrouck, director of Toujours Vivant/Not Dead Yet Canada and Nic Steenhout, director of Living with Dignity, will hold a press conference on Friday, September 19 at noon at 511 N. Columbus Drive, Chicago, to respond to Canadian speakers at the conference. “A busload of ADAPT activists just arrived last night to jo…
