Did Katrina Prosecutor Mean to Lose All Along?

August 27, 2007AMA, Art Caplan, Katrina, medical killings, Our News & Commentary BlogStephen Drake

…ere disturbing allegations that the grand jury never got to hear important testimony – testimony supporting the allegations that patients were indeed intentionally killed by Pou and possibly others: A New Orleans grand jury that declined to indict a doctor on charges that she murdered patients in the chaotic days after Hurricane Katrina never heard testimony from five medical experts brought in by the state to analyze the deaths. All five conclude…

Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Discussed and Debated on Huffington Post Live

January 24, 2013assisted suicide, Californians Against Assisted Suicide, euthanasia, final exit network, Frontline, Huffpo, john kelly, media, Our News & Commentary Blog, Second ThoughtsStephen Drake

…ination in trying to get health care.) John Kelly – Said that pain isn’t a common reason give for wanting to commit suicide – “being a burden” come much higher on the list. Also, John made the case that legalization – contrary to “libertarian” assertions – increases state involvement by creating a state program to sanction suicide, which sounds OK in some “fairy tale world,” but not in the one he lives in which involves discrimination and pressure…

NDY Press Release: NDY Files Brief In New Mexico Assisted Suicide Case

October 1, 2015ADAPT, Americans with Disabilities Act, amicus brief, ASAN, assisted suicide, Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, dredf, national council on independent living, New Mexico, Our News & Commentary Blog, United Spinal Assn.amicus brief, assisted suicide, New MexicoDiane Coleman

…Note: The October 1, 2015 press release below is also available online in PDF format through PRWeb here. The friend-of-the-court brief described in the release can be read here.] Not Dead Yet and Five Other National Disability Groups File Friend of the Court Brief in New Mexico Supreme Court in Assisted Suicide Case On September 30, 2015, Not Dead Yet and five other national disability rights organizations filed a friend-of-the-court in the New M…

Mourning the Loss of Paul Spooner, ED of MetroWest CIL

October 11, 2022assisted suicide, better dead than disabled, national council on independent living, Our News & Commentary Blog, paul spooner, Second ThoughtsPaul SpoonerDiane Coleman

…Boston organization. “Just last week Paul reveled in the expansion of the CommonHealth program he’d championed with MassHealth that was approved by federal officials. His fingerprints were on too many bills, programs, civil rights complaints, and other advances for people with disabilities to count.” “Paul Spooner passionately lived disability rights. It defined him and he helped define the cause. He’s totally irreplaceable,” wrote the organizati…

Final Exit Advisory Board Members Supporters of Parents Who Kill – Or Want to Kill – Their Disabled Kids

March 12, 2009euthanasia, Faye Girsh, final exit network, Homicide / 'Mercy Killing', Our News & Commentary Blog, reality check, tracy latimerStephen Drake

…terminal illnesses who either beg to have their lives ended or who are not competent to make this decision and are in those instances assisted to die by a loved one. In a few rare instances death has come this way with the help of a friend, family member, or physician. In Louisiana, David Rodriguez shot his father who had repeatedly begged to be killed so that he would no longer suffer. Cases such as this are prosecuted either under murder or assi…