Canada's Rapid Descent Into The Euthanasia Abyss, + More

HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK:
ICYMI - 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

New Resource on Canada Now Available

In a flurry of court decisions, legislation and guidelines enacted over a short period of time, Canada has become the euthanasia capital of the world.

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Conrad Reynoldson's Story

Conrad is a disability rights advocate and accomplished lawyer. He has experienced discrimination in healthcare and knows that assisted suicide laws are a danger to people with disabilities.

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Assisted Suicide Becoming Too Frequent in Canada

"'We see, more and more, that the cases receiving medical aid in dying are approaching the limits of the law,'... 'We’re now no longer dealing with an exceptional treatment, but a treatment that is very frequent,'" writes Scott Norvell in the New York Sun.

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"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.

Gradient of blue and orange background with faded yellow stars. Text says, "When you are exhausted, scared, stressed out, and isolated, it is very easy to consider an option like assisted suicide or institutionalization as the most logical and convenient choice. It’s a false choice. Scarcity is a construct by the state, and they are trying to con people with disabilities into believing they are not worthy to breathe the same air and exist in the same space as everyone else."

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