…ess: (1) That has caused severe and permanent deterioration indicated by incompetency and complete physical dependency; and (2) For which, to a reasonable decree of medical certainty, treatment of the irreversible condition would be medically ineffective. This definition does NOT require that a person’s death be imminent. There are children, as well as adults, who are not fully competent and who are physically dependant with progressive, illnesses…
…an being kill him or her self. It’s not just hypothetical. Last month, the website governing.com published an article by David Levine promoting the use of “death with dignity” over any other term in pushing assisted suicide legislation. The article has been featured and lauded on Compassion and Choices’ Facebook page. More and more, it looks like there’s a lot more enthusiasm for old, ill and disabled people having “death with dignity” (assisted s…
…f how one-sided the majority of coverage has been. Brittany Maynard’s Storybook Ending (Townhall.com, 11/4/14) Marilyn Golden of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund fears that Maynard’s storyline will create “suicide contagion” as other young people, even those who are not terminally ill, see her as a model. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, “more than 50 research studies worldwide have found that certain types of…
…learn more about similar issues happening in the US and why many disabled community members oppose assisted suicide and euthanasia? Check this quick piece on our website: https://notdeadyet.org/assisted-suicide-talking-points 8/ Here are some more important quotes from the article– read on! 9/ “[G]rave concern” [was] voiced last year by three U.N. human rights experts, who wrote that Canada’s euthanasia law appeared to violate the agency’s Univer…
…age above shows four arrestees – names provided at a later date. Rachelleb.com has an entry titled “Wheelchair Protest” – she watched the march to the AMA building from her office. She took pictures too – one of them up is up on her page with a link to a few more. Martha Bayne, a senior editor at the Chicago Reader, noticed something was up this morning when she arrived at work, which is across the street from the AMA headquarters. A little later,…
