HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK: Join us for a Discussion on the Risks of Assisted Suicide for Disability and Eating Disorder Communities
Please join us for an international panel discussion on The Risks of Assisted Suicide Laws for Disability and Eating Disorders Communities to take place on August 29th at Noon EDT. This event is hosted by our friends at Eat Breath Thrive and the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD).
Join us for what is shaping up to be an amazing event!
"Tragically, many older and disabled people already feel they are a burden. It will be impossible to quantify the soft societal pressure once the principle of state-sanctioned suicide has been established."
People with Disabilities At Risk of Assisted Suicide
"Rather than legalising the suicides of disabled people, we argue that the only safe way forward is better investment in palliative care and a commitment to improving the things that people often cite when they apply to die in other parts of the world, such as a lack of dignity and feeling like a burden."
Palliative Care Necessary To Combat Assisted Suicide
"Palliative care must stay open-minded and integrative as well as contemporary to show alternative routes of living a life to its dignified end despite being severely disabled."
"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.
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.
