…her awakening took place. That the human spirit is more powerful than any drug and that is what needs to be nourished. With work, play, friendship, family. These are the things that matter. This is what we’ve forgotten. The simplest things. I’m crying for a world that doesn’t exist. I don’t know how things went in the real-life hospital where Oliver Sacks worked, but in most of the places I’ve been, this isn’t how it works. Nonresponsiveness is se…
…fered from Lou Gehrig’s disease moved into her home, named her his estate trustee, deeded his home to a trust, and then died by physician-assisted suicide Two days after Thomas Middleton died, Sawyer listed the property for sale and deposited $90,000 into her own account. It took a federal investigation into real estate fraud to expose this abuse. Oregon’s assisted suicide program never noticed. The state decided in the end not to even prosecute S…
…Health Committee should not be recommending the introduction of poisonous drugs into abusive situations and then not even require an independent, disinterested witness be present at the dying.” New Jersey based disability organizations and advocates will also testify against the bill. Norman Smith will be testifying as President of Progressive Center for Independent Living and also on behalf of Resources for Independent Living and the Alliance Cen…
…ecific definitions used in a bill when it comes to applying it in the real world as law. Make no mistake. This bill, if passed, will guarantee an easy suicide to just about any person with diagnoses of quadriplegia, spinal muscular atrophy, HIV/AIDS, and many other conditions disabilities. Nothing to help people who could have many happy years with the right supports – just an easy and cheap out. There’s a Judiciary Committee hearing on the bill F…
…ith a history of depression and suicide attempts have received the lethal drugs. Burden: Financial and emotional pressures can also make people choose death. Unnecessary: Everyone already has the legal right to refuse treatment and get full palliative care, including, if dying in pain, pain-relieving palliative sedation. No true safeguards: Where assisted suicide is legal, the safeguards are hollow, with no enforcement or investigation authority….
