Tag Archives: court cases

DREDF Files Amicus Brief On Behalf of 12 Disability Groups In Euthanasia Case

The Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund Just Announced: DREDF Files Amici Brief in Case Seeking to Eliminate Key Safeguard in California’s End of Life Options Act. On October 24, 2022, DREDF filed a brief as amicus curiae (PDF) on its own behalf and on behalf of 11 additional disability rights organizations in support of … Continue reading DREDF Files Amicus Brief On Behalf of 12 Disability Groups In Euthanasia Case

Media Advisory: Disability Rights Advocates Gather at SJC to Defend Disabled Lives

***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Disability Rights Advocates Gather at SJC to Defend Disabled Lives Boston, MA – Thursday, October 13 at 12 PM, Second Thoughts MA: Disability Rights Advocates Against Assisted Suicide and Not Dead Yet will gather outside the Supreme Judicial Court at the John Adams Courthouse to remind the SJC and the public that the issue of … Continue reading Media Advisory: Disability Rights Advocates Gather at SJC to Defend Disabled Lives

DREDF Issues Statement On Court Decision In California Euthanasia Case

DREDF Applauds District Court Decision Dismissing Complaint Seeking To Eliminate Fundamental Protections in California’s End of Life Options Act DREDF applauds the June 22, 2022, decision by federal district court Judge Vince Chhabria to dismiss the complaint in Shavelson v. California Department of Health Care Services, a case that seeks to eliminate the self-administration requirement … Continue reading DREDF Issues Statement On Court Decision In California Euthanasia Case

Register for Webinar On Court Case Striking Assisted Suicide Residency Requirement

NDY was pleased to have the opportunity to talk about recent assisted suicide court cases during a March 11thwebinar organized by the Patients Rights Action Fund. A recording of that webinar is available HERE. One of the cases I talked about, Nicholas Gideonse, M.D. vs. Kate Brown, will be the subject of a new PRAF … Continue reading Register for Webinar On Court Case Striking Assisted Suicide Residency Requirement

NDY & 18 Other Disability Groups Join DREDF Amicus Brief in Assisted Suicide Case

DREDF has just announced the filing of a friend-of-the-court (“amicus”) brief in a Massachusetts assisted suicide case. Since 1996, NDY has organized numerous amicus briefs in assisted suicide cases, some of which are posted on our website HERE. DREDF has joined several of these briefs, but this is the first time DREDF has also served … Continue reading NDY & 18 Other Disability Groups Join DREDF Amicus Brief in Assisted Suicide Case