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HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK |
The Sad Reality of Assisted-Suicide Regimes
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Alexander Rankin, from the Ethics and Public Policy Center, defends the fact that patients with anorexia are at risk of being prescribed assisted suicide drugs. In this debate, Rankin describes the cases that prove the risks. |
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A Libertarian Dissent Against Assisted Suicide |
Matthew Cavedon,
Director of the Project on Criminal Justice, "Libertarianism accepts certain guardrails on people’s present liberty in order to preserve their future liberty, and it’s entirely consistent with that principle to oppose the legalization of [assisted suicide]." |
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Assisted Suicide is Un-American |
Madeline Fry Schultz, contributors editor at the Washington Examiner, "Twelve states and Washington, D.C., currently allow what proponents like to call “death with dignity.” The euphemism masks an ugly truth: What medical professionals are increasingly able to do is peddle easy, frictionless death." |
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Disability Perspective on Assisted Suicide |
Gary Arnold, chairperson of the Disability Access Commission, and says, "Related to the legalization of assisted suicide, the concern is that people with disabilities will be pressured into taking their own life because of bias against disabilities and subjective ideas about quality of life." |
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LATEST UPDATE: We are headed with lightning speed to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in our Delaware case after a shocking dismissal by the lower court judge. Read the coverage at the Washington Examiner here: |
We’ve joined a federal lawsuit in Delaware with a coalition of national and Delaware-based disability and patient advocacy organizations - The Freedom Center for Independent Living, the National Council on Independent Living, the Delaware chapter of ADAPT, United Spinal Association, Not Dead Yet, the Institute for Patients’ Rights, and Sean Curran, a disability advocate.
The plaintiffs argue the Delaware 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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The Patients' Rights Action Fund (PRAF) is a 501(c)(4) and 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. |
The Institute for Patients' Rights (IPR) is a 501(c)(3) founded to conduct research, educates the public, and work to expand and implement tools of empowerment for older adults, people with disabilities, marginalized persons, and their families to combat policies and medical practices that devalue some people’s lives, putting them at great risk of deadly harm, as with assisted suicide laws. |
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