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HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK |
Colorado’s Assisted Suicide Law is Inherently Discriminatory |
Hear from Dawn Russell (Organizer for Atlantis ADAPT and Organizational Plaintiff) and Matt Vallière (Executive Director of the Institute for Patients' Rights and Organizational Plaintiff) on the case filed in Colorado to overturn the assisted suicide law. |
In April, the New York State Assembly passed, by a close vote of 81-67, dangerous and discriminatory assisted suicide legislation. During the last week of session, on Monday, June 9th, the New York State Senate approved assisted suicide by a vote of 35-27. A slim majority over the necessary 32 votes for passage. The bill will now head to the desk of Governor Kathy Hochul, who needs to hear from YOU. Click the link below to tell the Governor to VETO this bill! |
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Elaina Plott Calabro, staff writer at The Atlantic, writes "Some Canadians who cannot afford to manage their illness have sought doctors to end their life. In certain situations, clinicians have faced impossible ethical dilemmas. At the same time, medical professionals who decided early on to reorient their career toward assisted death no longer feel compelled to tiptoe around the full, energetic extent of their devotion to MAID. Some clinicians in Canada have euthanized hundreds of patients."
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| Death is Not A Problem To Be Solved |
Larry Kaskel, MD, says, "The great risk is that we begin treating death the way we’ve treated every other inconvenience: As something to solve, sanitize, and schedule. But death, like birth, isn’t a problem to be fixed. It’s a human experience to be witnessed—with presence, with mess, and with meaning." |
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A Psychologist's Warnings of Assisted Suicide |
Catherine Cook-Cottone, Ph.D, is a Professor and Researcher at the University at Buffalo (SUNY) and Licensed Psychologist, writes, "When we allow the eating disorder to speak louder than the will to live, we risk enshrining its voice in law. These patients needed treatment, not permission to die. Their deaths represent not autonomy fulfilled, but care denied." |
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For the most recent update on assisted suicide laws in the states, click here or on the image of the states below. |
"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 joined a federal lawsuit in Colorado with a coalition of national and Colorado-based disability and patient advocacy organizations - Atlantis ADAPT, United Spinal Association, Not Dead Yet, the Institute for Patients’ Rights, and Mary Gossman, a woman with anorexia.
The plaintiffs argue the Colorado assisted suicide law violates core protections under the U.S. Constitution and federal civil rights laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. |
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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PRAF is a leading national, non-partisan single-issue organization that protects the rights of patients, people with disabilities, older adults, and other historically underrepresented groups from deadly harm and discrimination inherent in assisted suicide laws. |
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