If my doctor believed in assisted
suicide, I wouldn’t be here
today.
Doctors make mistakes and
medical prognoses are often
inaccurate. Jeanette’s video was filmed in 2015.
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Suicide contagion is a major problem in the United States…
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If you do that, you’ll never know. You might have lived like JJ.
You can’t undo assisted suicide. There’s no going back…
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The definition of terminal illness under assisted suicide laws is defined as
“with or without treatment” and includes patients with very treatable chronic
conditions like diabetes.
Patients who are not dying can receive suicide pills…
“Legalizing assisted suicide means that some people who say they want to die will receive suicide intervention, while others will receive suicide assistance . The difference between these two groups of people will be their health/disability status, leading to a two-tiered system that results in death to the socially devalued group…This is blatant discrimination and a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).”
Diane Coleman Lawyer. Disability Rights Advocate. President & CEO of Not Dead Yet