This article was published by Nancy Valko on January 15, 2020. Nancy Valko By Nancy Valko In 2018, Chris Dunn survived a freak diving accident that left him paralyzed, mostly blind and on a ventilator to breathe. He spent most of the next year in an ICU in rural Maine. Unable to see, eat, breatheContinue reading “Lethal Problems with Medical Futility and Disability Bias”
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Simon Stevens: Hospitals, eugenics and assisted suicide.
This article was written and published by Simon Stevens, disability consultant and activist, on January 2, 2020. As an internationally recognised disability consultant, trainer and most importantly, activist, I have always strongly opposed all forms of eugenics. In 1995, aged 21, I was endlessly watching about parents wanting to kill their young son with cerebralContinue reading “Simon Stevens: Hospitals, eugenics and assisted suicide.”
Belgium euthanasia death linked to loneliness.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Brecht Paumen, who was paralyzed for 12 years after a swimming pool accident, died by euthanasia in Belgium last Friday. The Belgian media emphasize his disability and his pain, but a closer read of the story links his death to loneliness and isolation. An article by Marco Mariotti that was publishedContinue reading “Belgium euthanasia death linked to loneliness.”
Terminally ill Ontario man is denied the care that he needs to live.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition I have published previous articles (1) (2) (3) (4) about how denying the care that terminally ill people need and the effort to make euthanasia or assisted suicide (MAiD) more available. For instance, Ontario doctors who oppose euthanasia have been ordered to do an effective referral for euthanasia. EffectiveContinue reading “Terminally ill Ontario man is denied the care that he needs to live.”
Disability Activist Anita Cameron To Speak At Congressional Briefing On Assisted Suicide
Link to the article published by Not Dead Yet.Bipartisan Resolution Opposing Assisted Suicide Laws Reintroduced Anita Cameron Anita Cameron, director of minority outreach for Not Dead Yet, will speak at a Congressional briefing to be held Thursday, December 12, 2019 in Room 2168 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The briefing is cosponsored by theContinue reading “Disability Activist Anita Cameron To Speak At Congressional Briefing On Assisted Suicide”
Québec man asked for euthanasia based on nursing home living conditions
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition CHSLD Valcourt A Québec man who is scheduled to die by euthanasia on December 5, says that he asked for euthanasia, not based on his degenerative health, but due to his untenable living condition at CHSLD in Valcourt. Mélanie Noël, reporting for La Tribune on November 30, states thatContinue reading “Québec man asked for euthanasia based on nursing home living conditions”
Laws against assisted suicide provide equal protection under the law.
Jane Campbell This letter was published in the Guardian on November 1, 2019. The law as it stands does not discriminate against vulnerable individuals but affords them the same protection under the law as those who are healthy and able bodied, write Tanni Grey-Thompson, Jane Campbell, Liz Carr and Mik Scarlet Tanni Grey-Thompson Campaigners forContinue reading “Laws against assisted suicide provide equal protection under the law.”
Marieke Vervoort: an athlete’s influence used for harm?
This article was published by the disability rights group Toujours Vivant – Not Dead Yet on October 28. Taylor Hyatt By Taylor Hyatt Policy Analyst & Outreach Coordinator, Toujours Vivant-Not Dead Yet After the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Belgian wheelchair sprinter Marieke Vervoort made two startling announcements. First, she was retiring; theContinue reading “Marieke Vervoort: an athlete’s influence used for harm?”
Assisted suicide: Disability advocates worry about making it easier for physicians to help New Yorkers die
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Many people wonder why disability advocates oppose assisted suicide. Meagan Parker, the director of advocacy for the New York association for Independent Living explains in an OP-Ed published yesterday in the New York Daily News that disability advocates worry about making it easier for physicians to cause death. Parker explains: AsContinue reading “Assisted suicide: Disability advocates worry about making it easier for physicians to help New Yorkers die”
Federal study finds assisted suicide laws rife with dangers to people with disabilities
This article was published by Not Dead Yet on October 9, 2019 The National Council on Disability (NCD) has issued the second in a series of reports on Bioethics and Disability. NCD’s release on the report today focuses on “a federal examination of the country’s assisted suicide laws and their effect on people with disabilities,Continue reading “Federal study finds assisted suicide laws rife with dangers to people with disabilities”
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