"I think disabled activists who oppose these laws have said for a long time, ‘These laws are ultimately about disabled people, and it will be used to end social suffering.’ We have seen everything that we feared come true in Canada, and that’s what I wanted to focus on in the documentary."

Pam Heavens writes, "Since our health care system does not treat everyone equally, the practice of physician – assisted suicide raises the risk for those who often do not get the same access and treatment as others." 

Our latest webinar, Fighting Assisted Suicide Coast to Coast: Current State Overview, is now available for viewing. In it, you can hear from PRAF staff members including Jessica Rodgers, Barbara Lyons, and Ian McIntosh on what is happening in each state and what can be done in the fight against assisted suicide.

"We either believe that disabilities do not make a person less worthy of dignity and life, no matter how severe or life-altering, or we do not. Either we believe that human life is sacrosanct, or else that it is disposable. A government that decriminalizes suicide and murder for only some people is fundamentally unjust."

PRAF is 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.

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