HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK:
Matt Vallière in the Los Angeles Times
Image of Matt Valliere, a man of color with dark hair, glasses, and wearing a dark suit with light blue shirt and red striped tie.
"When it’s easier for someone on Medi-Cal with life-threatening disability to get suicide drugs than a mental health consult, and when University of California health systems won’t serve the majority of people of color due to low Medi-Cal reimbursement rates, the state has effectively created a death funnel for devalued groups."
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ARTICLES & NEWS

The Cruelty of Canada’s Euthanasia Policy
In this piece at UnHerd, it says, "Yet, bolstering its critics’ 'slippery slope' argument, the programme soon radically loosened its restrictions. Assisted dying is now available in Canada to all adults with a serious illness or disability, regardless of whether the source of their torment would be fatal over time." 

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Assisted Suicide Laws Are All About Profits And Devaluing Vulnerable People
"All those from whom no surplus value can be extracted are deemed worthless. The resources and care that must be mobilized for them are presented as a burden that 'costs society dearly.'"

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Discrimination in Assisted Suicide Laws Prevalent
Meghan Schrader writes in The Nation, “Pro-assisted-suicide rhetoric and policies target disabled people as a group. It’s demoralizing to suggest that if someone needs help using the restroom, that person should think about killing herself."

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Orange circle outline with two hands gripping arms, one is solid orange, one is orange outlined. The words "End Assisted Suicide" are next to the circle logo.
"End Assisted Suicide" is the group of plaintiffs suing the state of California to overturn the Assisted Suicide law there. Our 501(c)(3) sister organization, the Institute for Patients' Rights, has joined this ground-breaking lawsuit as a plaintiff. Below is one of the core statements that shows why this law should be opposed.
Orange and green background with triangles and words in white that say, "Publicly reported data from over 2,000 patients in the U.S. who used Assisted Suicide show that they sought it primarily out of the disability-related fears of losing autonomy, the loss of abilities to enjoy activities, losing dignity, losing control of bodily functions, and becoming a burden on caregivers."
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