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...
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 for deadly...
https://youtu.be/FUKXHzLYZF4 "Assisted suicide is one of the biggest threats to authentic medicine." -Dr. Tatiana Santos...
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 is...
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...
"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 to the...
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 current law,...
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 medication to...
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...
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...