"Deep down, everybody knows that the introduction of assisted dying legislation will create a new tier of vulnerable people who decide to jump before nature pushes them, and who would not have done so otherwise."

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." 

"Doré went on to explain how intensely vulnerable his patients were on first receiving a diagnosis of a terminal condition, especially to the sense that they would be merely a burden to their families and that the remainder of their natural life was of no intrinsic value." 

"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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