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Not Dead Yet Applauds Second Thoughts Connecticut As Disability Advocates Prepare to Testify Against Assisted Suicide Bill

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[Editor’s Note:  A PRWeb version of the press release below is online in pdf format here.] Not Dead Yet applauds Second Thoughts Connecticut, as disability advocates held a press conference Monday and now prepare to testify against an assisted suicide bill (HB 7015) at a Connecticut House Judiciary Committee hearing being held on Wednesday, March … Continue reading Not Dead Yet Applauds Second Thoughts Connecticut As Disability Advocates Prepare to Testify Against Assisted Suicide Bill →

Maryland Disability Rights Advocates Make Strong Showing In Hearing on Assisted Suicide Bill

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On Tuesday, March 10, the Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee conducted a hearing on Senate Bill 676, which would legalize assisted suicide in the state of Maryland if passed. Crosby King testified on behalf on Not Dead Yet.  Below is an excerpt of his written testimony. The full text is available here. We already see … Continue reading Maryland Disability Rights Advocates Make Strong Showing In Hearing on Assisted Suicide Bill →

“New Scientist” Reporter Goes Over Oregon Assisted Suicide Data With NDY’s Diane Coleman

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A newly-published article in New Scientist includes a section in which reporter Clare Wilson reports on actual Oregon data on assisted suicide after a go-through with NDY CEO and founder Diane Coleman. It’s rare – almost unheard of – for a reporter to go into this kind of detail on assisted suicide in Oregon. The … Continue reading “New Scientist” Reporter Goes Over Oregon Assisted Suicide Data With NDY’s Diane Coleman →

NDY Introduces Disability Rights Toolkit for Advocacy Against Legalization of Assisted Suicide

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With assisted suicide bills pending in many states, disability rights advocates are needed to help oppose them.  Not Dead Yet Colorado just played a pivotal role in defeating an assisted suicide bill in that state, but bills are pending or expected in California, New York, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, the District of Columbia … Continue reading NDY Introduces Disability Rights Toolkit for Advocacy Against Legalization of Assisted Suicide →

Georgetown Voice – “Death Without Dignity: The Dangers of Assisted Suicide” by Lydia Brown

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Disability rights activists, scholars and advocates are familiar with Lydia Brown, whose writings, presentations, advocacy and activism have had a big impact in and outside of the disability community over the past few years. Today, the college newspaper Georgetown Voice published a response and counter to an editorial that endorsed a proposal that would legalize … Continue reading Georgetown Voice – “Death Without Dignity: The Dangers of Assisted Suicide” by Lydia Brown →