Carol Cleigh Sutton: How Deeply Ableist is Mainstream Media?

July 19, 2020ableism, better dead than disabled, bioethics, Carol Cleigh Sutton, COVID-19, futility, health disparities, healthcare rationing, media bias, Michael Hickson, Our News & Commentary BlogCOVID-19, healthcare rationing, media bias, Michael HicksonDiane Coleman

…ist since the beginning in 1996, and currently resides in North Carolina. ** Additional stories: The Texan https://thetexan.news/austin-hospital-withheld-treatment-from-disabled-man-who-contracted-coronavirus/ Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8487119/Quadriplegic-coronavirus-patient-dies-Texas-hospital-stops-treating-him.html New York Post https://nypost.com/2020/07/03/quadriplegic-dies-of-covid-19-after-hospital-refuses-treatme…

Bill Peace and Stephen Kuusisto React to “The Crucifixion of Thomas Young” by Chris Hedges

March 18, 2013bill peace, blog recommendations, bloggers, hospice, Our News & Commentary Blog, spinal cord injury, stephen Kuusisto, suicide, VSEDStephen Drake

…d not happen apparently. Based on an article I read by Chris Hedges http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_crucifixion_of_tomas_young_20130310/ Young has struggled mightily and has entered into hospice care to die even though he is not terminally ill. Since his injury, Young has taken a laundry list of medications (carbamazepine, coumadin, tizanidine, gabapentin, bupropion, omeprazole, and morphine were mentioned in Body of War). According to Hed…

Stop Assisted Suicide Illinois Is a “Sassy!” Coalition Doing Great Advocacy

March 15, 2024Access Living, aid in dying, assisted suicide, end-of-life options bills, Illinois, op-ed, Our News & Commentary Blogassisted suicide, medical aid in dying, op-ed, Press conferenceDiane Coleman

…as the cost of doctor visits required under assisted suicide laws. A good example of this comes from Dr. T. Brian Callister, who wrote in 2021 about why he opposes assisted suicide. He had two patients, one from California and one from Oregon, who needed lifesaving treatments but were denied them by their insurers. However, unprompted, both were offered physician-assisted suicide. Yet with treatment, neither patient was terminal. [To read the who…

NY Attorney Writes That NY Has A Financial Incentive To Legalize Assisted Suicide

December 14, 2023"death with dignity", ableism, assisted suicide, better dead than disabled, ethics, euthanasia, healthcare rationing, MAID, New York, Our News & Commentary Blogassisted suicide, assisted suicide expansion, euthanasia, medical aid in dyingDiane Coleman

…The Christmas Carol and the disturbing ghost of Christmas Future who foretells terrible things to come to pass – unless people step in to stop them. [1] https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2023/11/15/the-final-countdown-to-medical-aid-in-dying-in-new-york/…

Final Exit Network: Investigation Expanding and Members Expounding (or Obscuring)

June 24, 2009assisted suicide, crime and punishment, final exit network, media coverage, Our News & Commentary Blog, reality checkStephen Drake

…r. Larry Egbert “What would you do if your father was dying of the same kind of horrible cancer? Nothing much, so your father gets to suffer and your dog doesn’t?” Egbert has been charged in connection to his alleged role in the death of John Celmer, a man who was cancer-free at the time of his death, but distressed about his physical appearance. Apparently, Egbert thinks it’s best to downplay the wide-open criteria that FEN used to brag about. Ob…