No coverage of the assisted suicide issue is fair and balanced without the perspective of New York disability organizations and individuals who oppose it. (Proponents of bills to legalize assisted suicide will be holding a press conference at the state capital in Albany on Tuesday at 11:00 a.m.) We live with a profit driven healthcare … Continue reading Press Advisory: Assisted Suicide Laws Are Not Progressive
Recent Medscape Survey Indicates that Doctors are Divided on Life and Death Issues by Lisa Blumberg Medscape is an online resource for healthcare professionals. It provides medical news and information and does surveys on current issues. (1) Its 2022 survey of 4100 U.S. doctors on “Right and Wrong in Medicine: Life, Death and Wrenching Choices” … Continue reading Lisa Blumberg: Recent Medscape Survey Indicates that Doctors are Divided on Life and Death Issues
Disability Rights Advocates Cheer High Court Constitutional Ruling Against Assisted Suicide CONTACTS: John Kelly at mailto:SecondThoughtsKelly@Gmail.com 617-952-3302 Jules Good (mailto:JGood@NotDeadYet.org) Boston, MA – Tuesday, December 20, 2022 Disability rights advocates from Second Thoughts MA and Not Dead Yet are cheering Monday’s decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC), which ruled against plaintiff doctors Roger Kligler and … Continue reading Press Release: Disability Rights Advocates Cheer High Court Constitutional Ruling Against Assisted Suicide
Following the precedent in the U. S. Supreme Court and several state high courts, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled in the Kligler case, rejecting the plaintiffs’ claim that assisted suicide is a constitutional right. “Although we recognize the paramount importance and profound significance of all end-of-life decisions, after careful consideration, we conclude that the … Continue reading Victory Against Assisted Suicide In Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court!
NDY Board Member Amy Hasbrouck was quoted extensively in an article exposing the fact that disabled people in Canada are being granted euthanasia while being denied sufficient supports to live. The article is both linked and pasted below: MAiD gone wrong: lack of access to supports cited in deaths BY Michael Swan, The Catholic Register … Continue reading NDY’s Amy Hasbrouck Speaks Out In Article On Canadian “MAiD Gone Wrong”
