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HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK:
Appeal Filed in California Case to End Assisted Suicide
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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.
We've appealed our case to the 9th Circuit. Click below to read the whole press release!
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Better Off Dead? No Way
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"Carr worries that the safeguards won’t last, since they have not in other countries. If assisted suicide becomes legal, it would soon be available to not only the terminally ill but also the disabled. In some countries, major loopholes have put even the poor and depressed at risk. But Falconer dismisses these fears. 'Once a legislative decides it will be terminally ill only, it still stick at that.'"
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Americans Concerned Over Canadian Assisted Suicide Laws
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PRAF's Ian McIntosh: "If someone had told him in 2015 and 2016, when Canada’s first [assisted suicide law] was being crafted, that Canada would eventually allow adults without terminal illnesses to qualify for [assisted suicide], he 'would have said this is out of some horror novel, some dystopian novel.' As the director of disability outreach for the Patients’ Rights Action Fund, a non-partisan US organization devoted to stopping MAID, he often hears concerns that America could become like Canada."
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Woman With Cerebral Palsy Offered Assisted Suicide
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"In addition to feeling like the staff was extremely condescending during her stay, a nurse came to her bedside one morning and asked her to 'do the right thing' and consider MAID. 'If I were you, I would take it in a heartbeat. You’re not living, you’re existing,' she added."
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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.
We've appealed our case to the 9th Circuit. Click below to learn more about this lawsuit.
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If you’re in crisis, there are options available to help you cope. You can call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at any time to connect with a trained crisis counselor. For confidential support available 24/7 for everyone in the U.S., call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org.
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