Weekly Digest - 10/30
HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK
New York Can Do Better Than Assisted Suicide
Ian McIntosh, Executive Director of Not Dead Yet, writes “People with disabilities deserve to be treated as full citizens, not as burdens. Every major national disability rights group with a position on assisted suicide opposes it, and not one supports it.”
In Memoriam: Norm DeLisle
The Patients’ Rights Action Fund is saddened to learn of the death of Norm DeLisle, a longtime Michigan disability advocate and colleague in our fight against assisted suicide. His silenced voice is a true loss and will be remembered for years to come.
Canada Is Heading Toward A Bleak Future
Jarrett Stepman, columnist for the Daily Signal, “MAID began as a practice limited to gravely ill patients who were already at the end of life. The law was then expanded to include people who were suffering from serious medical conditions but not facing imminent death. In two years, MAID will be made available to those suffering only from mental illness. Parliament has also recommended granting access to minors. The brakes have failed. They’ve barreling down that slippery slope.”
ICYMI: New Resource on Abuses of Assisted Suicide
Proponents of assisted suicide often declare that there have never been abuses of assisted suicide laws in the United States. This is categorically false. This resource provides examples of many abuse cases that have occurred under these coercive and deadly laws.
In Memoriam: Norm DeLisle
The Patients’ Rights Action Fund is saddened to learn of the death of Norm DeLisle, a longtime Michigan disability advocate and colleague in our fight against assisted suicide. Continue reading our statement below.