The mission of the Patients' Rights Action Fund (PRAF) is to provide financial and
strategic support throughout the U.S. to protect the rights of patients and people with
disabilities by opposing doctor prescribed suicide legislation. PRAF is the national
coordinated movement to oppose efforts to make suicide a medical treatment and to
promote measures that protect patients' civil rights. We connect new and existing
grassroots organizations to build coalitions that oppose doctor prescribed suicide on
the state level. We track and follow legalization efforts across multiple states, and
provide resources to strategic opposition efforts.
We have had significant victories in the fight to protect patients, people with
disabilities and the most vulnerable from the plague of legalized assisted suicide.
Success in these battles is not possible without your support. Please consider
making a financial contribution to our cause and staying connected with us by
signing up for our email alerts. We can't do it without your help.
PRAF is only as strong as our network of supporters. Stay connected and help us fight
to protect patients' and people with disabilities' civil rights. Please sign up for our email
alerts and consider making a financial contribution to our cause. We can't do it without
your help.
The mission of the Patients' Rights Action
Fund (PRAF) is to provide financial and
strategic support throughout the U.S. to
protect the rights of patients and people
with disabilities by opposing doctor prescribed
suicide legislation. PRAF is the national
coordinated movement to oppose efforts to
make suicide a medical treatment and to
promote measures that protect patients' civil
rights. We connect new and existing
grassroots organizations to build coalitions
that oppose doctor prescribed suicide on
the state level. We track and follow legalization
efforts across multiple states, and provide
resources to strategic opposition efforts.
The movement to legalize doctor prescribed
suicide is gaining momentum, but we have
had significant victories in the fight to protect
patients, people with disabilities and the most
vulnerable. Success in these battles is not
possible without your support. Please consider
making a financial contribution to our cause
and staying connected with us by signing up
for our email alerts. We can't do it without
your help.
PRAF is only as strong as our network of
supporters. Stay connected and help us fight
to protect patients' and people with disabilities'
civil rights. Please sign up for our email alerts
and consider making a financial contribution
to our cause. We can't do it without your help.
Long time Not Dead Yet disability activist Mike Reynolds condemned today’s signing of “An Act To Enact the Maine Death with Dignity Act” by Governor Janet Mills. “This is a terrible day in the history of Maine that will lead to the untimely deaths of disabled......
13 June, 2019 0 Likes
The House of Medicine’s longstanding division on physician-assisted suicide resurfaced at the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates meeting, but with a fresh note of impatience this time around. At issue was what to do with a report from the AMA’s Council on Ethical......
13 June, 2019 1 Like
The tragic death of Dutch teenager Noa Pothoven, a victim of molestation and rape, is devastating. Noa had cried out for years and even wrote a best-selling book, calling for specialized psychiatric care for young people. Conflicting reports about whether her death was euthanasia or......
11 June, 2019 1 Like
Patients Rights Action Fund Applauds the American Medical Association for Reaffirming its Opposition to Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia by an Overwhelming Majority “Today was a big win for patients as the AMA sides with them and people with disabilities who would be at risk......
10 June, 2019 1 Like
“Assisted Suicide is one of the biggest threats to authentic medicine.” -Dr. Tatiana Santos...
10 June, 2019 1 Like
Recently, doctors in the Netherlands allowed a Dutch 17 year old girl suffering from depression to starve herself to death. And while the details are still under investigation, it is certainly clear that the system in the Netherlands failed her. In the Netherlands, euthanasia......
06 June, 2019 1 Like
The New York State Legislature did well when it rejected previous bills to legalize assisted suicide; it should do so again this session. Assisted suicide is an inherently discriminatory and dangerous public policy. The supposed “safeguards” are hollow and these laws send the message that......
03 June, 2019 1 Like
“Disability rights advocates gathered in the state capital [May 29, 2019] to talk about the dangers of controversial assisted suicide practices.” “The New York Alliance Against Assisted Suicide strongly opposes the law for multiple reasons.” “They say it gives insurers the ability to deny treatment......
31 May, 2019 1 Like
Senate Bill 579 is the second assisted suicide expansion bill to have a hearing in the Oregon Legislature and it was approved Monday in the Oregon Senate. The bill removes waiting periods in the law proponents claim protect against abuse and same-day suicides. Under......
21 May, 2019 0 Likes
One of New York’s top medical associations reiterated its opposition to assisted suicide as lawmakers debate a bill to allow the practice. The Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) rejected a bill that would allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of......
20 May, 2019 2 Likes
The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization has released its updated position statement on assisted suicide, which reaffirms its opposition to assisted suicide. It is welcomed news that the NHPCO has not retreated behind a position of “studied neutrality;” but rather, the NHPCO has taken a......
18 May, 2019 1 Like
I live in Newark with my husband Joe. We have five sons and one daughter. Our 32-year-old daughter has cerebral palsy. She does not walk, talk or stand without the support of equipment. My husband and I bathe her, dress her, feed her and love......
16 May, 2019 1 Like