Month: May 2019

“Disability rights advocates gathered in the state capital [May 29, 2019] to talk about the dangers of controversial assisted suicide practices.” “The New York Alliance Against Assisted Suicide strongly opposes the law for multiple reasons.” “They say it gives insurers the ability to deny treatment to the terminally ill, it does not guarantee peaceful or …

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  Senate Bill 579 is the second assisted suicide expansion bill to have a hearing in the Oregon Legislature and it was approved Monday in the Oregon Senate.  The bill removes waiting periods in the law proponents claim protect against abuse and same-day suicides. Under current law, a person making a request has to wait …

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  One of New York’s top medical associations reiterated its opposition to assisted suicide as lawmakers debate a bill to allow the practice. The Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) rejected a bill that would allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication to patients that have received terminal diagnoses. Dr. Arthur …

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The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization has  released its updated position statement on assisted suicide, which reaffirms its opposition to assisted suicide.  It is welcomed news that the NHPCO has not retreated behind a position of “studied neutrality;” but rather, the NHPCO has taken a stand, clearly stating that assisted suicide is not a palliative …

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I live in Newark with my husband Joe. We have five sons and one daughter. Our 32-year-old daughter has cerebral palsy. She does not walk, talk or stand without the support of equipment. My husband and I bathe her, dress her, feed her and love her each day. We love her as much as our …

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Belgium’s leading advocate for euthanasia liberalisation is campaigning vigorously for euthanasia for people with dementia. According to the current euthanasia law, patients are only eligible if they are fully aware and competent. This can lead to distressing situations and must change, says Professor Wim Distelmans. Distelmans is chairman of Belgium’s chairman of the Federal Euthanasia Commission, …

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  Legislators are thinking of expanding the way people can take their lives under Oregon’s Death With Dignity law: They want patients to be able to use an automatic syringe. Currently, the law allows only medications that dying patients can take orally. That means a patient has to pick up the prescription themselves and be able to swallow …

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  As Diane Coleman sees it, the proposed bill has a number of faults. She is the president and CEO of Not Dead Yet. “Assisted suicide is not only something that impacts that person but it affects the health care system itself – which [is] already pushing people out of the way,” she said. She’s …

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With a New Jersey law set to take effect in August allowing terminally ill residents to end their lives with medical help, doctors belonging to the state’s largest medical organization voted not to end the group’s formal opposition to assisted suicide. But delegates at the Medical Society of New Jersey’s annual conference did adopt a …

Assisted suicide is legal in N.J. but key medical society still opposed after vote Read More »

  In an exclusive interview with Dr. Morela Scull, Horacio Esparza, who is blind and a member of the Board of Directors of Not Dead Yet, noted that “legislating for a law that kills is not dying with dignity.” According to Esparza, many people diagnosed with terminal illness often find themselves depressed and do not …

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