For Immediate Release Contacts: Anita Cameron 720-413-9064 April 23, 2018 Diane Coleman 708-420-0539 (Albany, NY) Disability rights advocates will testify at … Continue reading Press Release: NY Disability Advocates Testify Against Assisted Suicide Bill
Assisted suicide is being promoted once again in New Jersey, going through the Assembly Judiciary meeting. This bill made it through the Assembly twice in previous legislative sessions, but failed to garner enough votes in the NJ Senate. Now, with the election of a new Governor and new members in the Legislature, the supporters of this … Continue reading New Jersey: Disability Advocates Testify Against Assisted Suicide Bill
[Editor’s note: To read the whole Submission, go here.] Submission to the New Zealand Parliament’s Justice Committee re: End of Life Choice Bill March 5, 2018 Introduction Not Dead Yet is a national, grassroots disability rights group that opposes legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia as deadly forms of discrimination against old, ill and disabled … Continue reading Not Dead Yet (USA) Submission Opposing New Zealand End of Life Choice Bill
TESTIMONY OF DIANE COLEMAN, JD, PRESIDENT/CEO OF NOT DEAD YET OPPOSING HAWAII HB 2739 Judiciary and Health and Human Services Committees Submitted February 26, 2018 I am a severely disabled woman, and head up the national disability group, Not Dead Yet, which has members in Hawaii. I’ve spent a lifetime advocating for the rights of disabled … Continue reading Not Dead Yet Testimony Opposing Hawaii Assisted Suicide Bill HB 2739
[Editor’s note: This is a belated sharing. On Sept. 26th, I was on vacation and John Kelly had the flu. Nevertheless, and ever intrepid, John ensured that his testimony opposing the Massachusetts assisted suicide bill was delivered by John Robinson to the Health Committee. It’s short and well worth a read.] September 26, 2017 My … Continue reading Short and Strong: John Kelly’s Testimony in Massachusetts
