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 people. Not Dead Yet helps organize and articulate opposition to these practices based on secular social justice arguments. Not Dead Yet demands the equal protection of the law for the targets of so called “mercy killing” whose lives are seen as worth-less.
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Release: In Honor of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, Not Dead Yet Urges Elder Abuse Professionals to Speak Out Against Risks of Legalizing Assisted Suicide
Rochester, NY (PRWEB) June 15, 2013 June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. In honor of the day, Not Dead Yet, a national disability rights group, urges elder abuse professionals to speak out against legalization of assisted suicide. “Most states reject assisted suicide,” says Diane Coleman, Not Dead Yet’s President and CEO. “Assisted suicide is legal [...]
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Not Dead Yet Submits Written Comments to IOM Transforming End-of-Life Care Committee
As folks who read this blog already know, the Institute of Medicine’s Transforming End-of-Life Care Committee sets aside a portion of its meeting agenda to receive public comments. At the Committee’s second public meeting, held at Stanford on May 29, DREDF’s Marilyn Golden attended to provide public comments. Not Dead Yet previously submitted written input [...]
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Attorney Anne Studholme on New Jersey “Dom Time” Show Opposite NY C&C Director David Leven
On May 14, NDY’s attorney in New Jersey, Anne Studholme, squared off against New York Compassion & Choices Director David Leven on New Jersey’s “Dom Time” show, a news and call-in show hosted and moderated by Dom Giordano. We first got to know Studholme when she represented NDY, ADAPT, NCIL, AAPD, NSCIA, Center for Self-Determination [...]
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