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HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK |
Dignity Must Be Practiced All the Way to End of Life
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Christa Teston, professor of English in the Writing, Rhetoric, and Literacy programme at Ohio State University, states, "Now consider what conditions might help to seed the ground for flourishing – even at the end of life. What tinkerings do we need to practise in order to cultivate such conditions? What mundane micro-moments, when wedded to broader legislative backing, might lay the groundwork for a dignified death?" |
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The Seriousness of Assisted Suicide |
Wesley Smith, author and a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism, "Euthanasia isn’t about improving life or treating disease, as a hip replacement is, but causing death of the patient. That makes the act different in kind from true medical treatments." |
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QALY Devalues People With Disabilities |
Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Tony Coelho, both former members of Congress, state: "As the parent of a child with Down syndrome and a person with epilepsy, preventing discrimination against people with disabilities and chronic illnesses and affirming that every person’s life has value is something we can — indeed must — agree on." |
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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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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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