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ICYMI: End Assisted Suicide Explainer Video
See this video for the powerful, personal stories of plaintiffs taking the case to overturn California’s inherently discriminatory assisted suicide law.

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WEBINAR: Graphic image that says "Fighting assisted suicide coast to coast webinar series" below is the title, "How Race and Poverty Impact Opposition to Assisted Suicide" Below that are the words, "Thursday, September 28, 2023, 4:00pm EST" below are three circles with headshots. The first is of Anita Cameron, a black woman with long black locs and is wearing a brown sweater. Below it says, "Anita Cameron, Director of Minority Outreach, Not Dead Yet." Next to that is an image of Jose Berrara, below it says, “National Vice President for the Farwest at the League of United Latin American Citizens.” Next to that is an image of Maria Jose, a young Latina woman with long curly brown hair. She is wearing a cream blouse. Below it says, "Maria Jose Fernandez Flores, Coalitions Director, Patients' Rights Action Fund" Next to that is an image of Sherman Gillums, a black man with a shaved head, a goatee, and is wearing a blue suit jacket, light blue shirt, and blue tie. Below it says, "Sherman Gillums Jr, Disability and Veteran Advocate, Patients’ Rights Action Fund board member." The background is teal geometric shapes.

PRAF Webinar Available for Registration

Join us as we host our next webinar on September 28th, 4:00pm EST, "How Race and Poverty Impact Opposition to Assisted Suicide." Speakers include Anita Cameron, José Barrera, María José Fernández Flores, and Sherman Gillums, Jr.

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How Death Care Pushed Out Health Care

Across jurisdictions that legalized death care, often what started as a choice is now the first or even the only option left. 'We’re now no longer dealing with an exceptional treatment, but a treatment that is very frequent,'

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ICYMI: Assisted Suicide Laws Violate the Americans with Disabilities Act

"Amid existing health care disparities, assisted suicide, although ostensibly voluntary, imperils the ill and disabled. A law enabling it is discriminatory because it carves out an arbitrary health-related exception to the state's policy of deterring suicide attempts."

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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. Watch our latest explainer video on the case below.
See this video for the powerful, personal stories of plaintiffs taking the case to overturn California’s inherently discriminatory assisted suicide law.
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