Cathy Ludlum PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE Testimony Opposing SB 88 An Act Concerning Aid in Dying for Terminally Ill Patients February 23, 2022 Co-chairs and members of the Public Health Committee: My name is Cathy Ludlum, and I am one of the leaders of Second Thoughts Connecticut, a group of disabled people and allies who are working to prevent the legalization of medical assisted suicide. I am opposed to SB 88. The question at hand is not whether pe…
…a Dept. of Health Services, et al., Case 3:21-cv-06654-VC, filed August 27, 2021) The joint disability and patients rights organization statements by DREDF, NCIL, United Spinal, NDY, AAPD, Access Living and Patients Rights Action Fund came just days after the complaint was filed in California, where assisted suicide has been legal since June 2016. Plaintiffs in the case include four doctors and two patients, the latter a woman with ALS and another…
…Policy Analyst Marilyn Golden submitted the following testimony. August 14, 2021 OPPOSE SB 380 (Eggman) – End of Life The Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF) opposes SB 380, a bill that would expand assisted suicide in California. DREDF, founded in 1979, is a leading national civil rights law and policy center directed by individuals with disabilities and parents who have children with disabilities. We are based in the East Bay and…
Evidence of a Slippery Slope? By Not Dead Yet UK June 14, 2021 Supporters of our campaign to resist a law change on assisted suicide have continually expressed real concerns about the concept of “a slippery slope”. The idea that once assisted suicide is permitted for one group it isn’t long before it’s extended to include other groups and that this is a bad thing. Our opponents have argued that this is simply not true, that a slippery slope does…
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