Buffalo News published Diane Coleman’s letter (12/27/21) describing how “Assisted Suicide Puts Pressure On The Elderly And Disabled” – that’s the title that the NY Alliance Against Assisted Suicide correctly gave it. This letter is about the deadly mix between our profit-driven health care system and legalizing assisted suicide – will insurers do the right thing … Continue reading Diane Coleman Letter Published in Buffalo News
A Boston University News Service article, Medical aid in dying bills split Massachusetts once again, yesterday extensively quoted John Kelly, NDY’s New England Regional Director, as well as Ruthie Poole, President of the statewide organization M-POWER. While their disability rights based concerns about the Massachusetts assisted suicide bill should have been featured much earlier in … Continue reading John Kelly and Ruthie Poole Quoted On Disability Opposition To Assisted Suicide Bill
Push for assisted suicide raises questions over disability rights September 7, 2021 In response to an essay on the Victorian fantasy of a peaceful death, two letter writers (“Beyond the fantasy of a gentle death,” Aug. 29) called on the state Legislature to pass the proposed assisted suicide bill. Paula Bacon and Molly DeHaas Walsh describe … Continue reading John Kelly Letter Published In Boston Globe
John Kelly testified to the Rhode Island Senate Judiciary Committee at its Zoom hearing on the state’s assisted suicide bill on Monday, April 26. Members of the public who testified were severely limited in the time allowed, so below is John’s excellent full written testimony, which is well worth the read. [Tomorrow, we will post … Continue reading John Kelly’s Compelling Testimony Opposing Rhode Island Assisted Suicide Bill S0775
The COVID pandemic revealed that people with disabilities have been denied treatment for the virus due to their disabilities and pervasive biases about their “quality of life”. This denial of care raises the very real issue that persons with disabilities are and will face similar discrimination under assisted suicide laws. Healthcare providers are the gatekeepers … Continue reading Diane Coleman: What the COVID Crisis Tells Us About the Dangers of Assisted Suicide
