From the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Blog: (Note – the op-ed mentioned below is included at the end of the media advisory, instead of just linked as stated in test) CCD Media Advisory: Suicide Celebration Instead of Suicide Prevention 23 April 2013, WINNIPEG, MB According to media reports, Susan Griffiths’ assisted suicide will likely [...](April 25, 2013).
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For Immediate Release On February 7, 2013, Princeton attorney Anne Studholme will testify on behalf of two national disability rights groups in a hearing held by the New Jersey Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee on a proposed bill to legalize assisted suicide. Studholme will be representing Not Dead Yet and ADAPT, which oppose the [...](February 7, 2013).
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President of Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights Testifies Against Legalization of Assisted Suicide in State Senate Committee Hearing Ed Paquin, president of the Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights, represented the disability rights community in hearings held in the state’s Senate Health and Welfare Committee last week regarding a bill to legalize physician assisted suicide. Not [...](February 2, 2013).
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Disability Group Urges IOM to Remedy “Glaring Omission” in Membership on End-of-Life Committee On Tuesday, January 29, 2013, Not Dead Yet submitted recommendations that two new members be appointed to the Institute of Medicine’s recently formed Committee on Transforming End-of-Life Care to remedy what it called “glaring omissions.” The group recommended Kelly Buckland, Executive Director [...](January 30, 2013).
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For Immediate Release September 25, 2012 Contact: Tim Rosales 617-902-0662 Disability Rights leaders reach out to Elizabeth Warren regarding ‘No On 2′ Ask to meet and discuss reasons why many progressives oppose assisted suicide Boston, MA - State and national disability rights/social justice advocates are asking Massachusetts United States Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren to meet about [...](September 25, 2012).
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Not Dead Yet Responds to Report of the Quebec Commission on the Issue of Dying With Dignity Disability rights advocates from Not Dead Yet react to the Report of the Commission on the Issue of Dying With Dignity in Quebec, Canada, noting that it contains some positive measures as well as fatal flaws. Montreal, Quebec [...](March 26, 2012).
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Disability Activists Urge Georgia Legislators to “Get it Right” on Assisted Suicide Today, Georgia disability activists, including members of Not Dead Yet, reacted to the Supreme Court ruling that overturned a 1994 law on assisted suicide on First Amendment grounds, calling on the Georgia legislature to tackle the issue as soon as possible and “get [...](February 7, 2012).
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Today, Nov. 7, 2011, the Georgia Supreme Court will hear arguments on the challenge to Georgia’s assisted suicide law filed by members of the Final Exit Network. The group claims that the law does not actually prohibit assisted suicide but does violate the First Amendment right to free speech. Three disability rights groups from Georgia [...](November 7, 2011).
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Link: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/11/prweb8929655.htm Disability Rights Activists from Not Dead Yet and National Council on Disability Featured in Dr. Oz Segment on Assisted Suicide Members of Not Dead Yet and National Council on Disability were featured in a Dr. Oz segment on assisted suicide. Members expressed opposition to assisted suicide, but overall the segment was biased in [...](November 3, 2011).
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For Immediate Release June 3, 2011 Contact: Stephen Drake, Research Analyst 585-697-1640; sndrake@aol.com Diane Coleman, President 708-420-0539; ndycoleman@aol.com Disability Activists React to News of Kevorkian’s Death Anti-euthanasia disability rights group formed in response to Kevorkian’s 1996 acquittal in deaths of two disabled women Challenge members of the media to get their facts straight. (Rochester, NY) [...](June 3, 2011).
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