Anyone who thinks that the so called ‘right-to-die’ isn’t a loaded gun aimed right at the heads of disabled people simply isn’t paying attention. A cursory perusal on-line of such organizations as Compassion & Choices, Ergo and Final Exit Network yield a plethora of examples. Compassion & Choices has a long-term disabled man demanding the … Continue reading Guest Blog by W. Carol Cleigh: Not Paying Attention
There’s been no shortage of reactions to the New Mexico lower court ruling enjoining prosecutions of physician assisted suicide in that state, but we rarely see the disability perspective hit the mainstream press so quickly as Marilyn Golden’s op ed in the Albuquerque Journal. In Assisted suicide full of dangers, which appeared in the Journal’s … Continue reading DREDF Senior Policy Analyst Weighs In On New Mexico Assisted Suicide Case
As many of our readers have heard by now, a New Mexico Second Judicial District Judge has ruled that the state constitution establishes a fundamental right of people who are diagnosed as terminally ill to receive a lethal prescription from a doctor, with a corresponding right of the doctor not to be prosecuted under the … Continue reading New Mexico Lower Court Parrots the Language and Platitudes of Assisted Suicide Advocacy Groups
For those unfamiliar with the charges against Barbara Mancini regarding her role in the death of her father, please check our previous coverage here, here and here. The latest news on the case is that Mancini is still facing assisted suicide charges and awaiting a judge’s decision on a petition to dismiss the case. Beyond … Continue reading Barbara Mancini Case: Compassion & Choices Uses the Case as Opportunity to Launch “Legal Defense” Fundraising Drive
(Editor’s note – I didn’t know Alison well. We met only once at a conference and corresponded a few times. But I think she’s the only person I’ve met older than myself with lifelong treated hydrocephalus. Alison had spina bifida, while I acquired hydrocephalus through other means. She was a valued ally and a strong … Continue reading Farewell to Alison Davis – Ally and Activist (1955-2013)
