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NDY, DREDF, Disability & Patient Rights Groups Oppose Lawsuit To Expand Assisted Suicide Law

September 3, 2021"death with dignity", AAPD, Access Living, aid in dying, ASAN, assisted suicide, Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, better dead than disabled, california, court cases, end-of-life options bills, national council on independent living, national suicide prevention week, Our News & Commentary Blog, Patients Rights Action Fund, Press Releases, United Spinal Assn.AAPD, ASAN, assisted suicide expansion, court cases, Dredf, National Council on Independent Living, Not Dead Yet, press releaseDiane Coleman

For Immediate Release: September 2, 2021 Disability, Patients’ Rights Groups Issue Joint Statement Opposing the Expansion of Assisted Suicide in Observance of Suicide Prevention Month Berkeley, California – In observance of Suicide Prevention Month this September, disability and patients’ rights leaders from California and across the United States joined together in solidarity to voice clear, … Continue reading NDY, DREDF, Disability & Patient Rights Groups Oppose Lawsuit To Expand Assisted Suicide Law →

DREDF’s Marilyn Golden Files Testimony Opposing California Assisted Suicide Expansion Bill

August 19, 2021"death with dignity", aid in dying, assisted suicide, Californians Against Assisted Suicide, dredf, end-of-life options bills, Marilyn Golden, Our News & Commentary Blog, Testimonyassisted suicide expansion, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Dredf, Marilyn Golden, TestimonyDiane Coleman

California’s assisted suicide expansion bill, SB 380, was on the Assembly Appropriations Committee docket today, with written testimony to be submitted prior to the hearing. DREDF’s Senior 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 … Continue reading DREDF’s Marilyn Golden Files Testimony Opposing California Assisted Suicide Expansion Bill →

Marilyn Golden: Keep the safeguards in California’s ‘End-of-Life’ law

May 13, 2021"death with dignity", aid in dying, assisted suicide, california, Californians Against Assisted Suicide, dredf, end-of-life options bills, Marilyn Golden, op-ed, Our News & Commentary Blogassisted suicide, assisted suicide expansion, Dredf, end of life options, incremental strategies, Marilyn GoldenDiane Coleman

[This op-ed appeared in the May 13, 2021 edition of Capitol Weekly.] Keep the safeguards in California’s ‘End-of-Life’ law BY MARILYN GOLDEN POSTED 05.13.2021 Assisted suicide is already legal in California through the so-called End-of-Life Option Act, narrowly passed by the California Legislature and signed by then-Gov. Brown in 2015. The bill was opposed by … Continue reading Marilyn Golden: Keep the safeguards in California’s ‘End-of-Life’ law →