"We know already that terminally ill and disabled people experience poor quality and inadequate health and social care services... And it is that that makes lives unbearable. No wonder the public fear what may happen to them if they become frail, ill or incapacitated for any reason. No wonder they think suicide with a doctor’s approval might be better than living without sufficient care and support."

Listen as Bob Kafka interviews Not Dead Yet staff members John B Kelly (Communications Director and State Director of Second Thoughts, MA) and Anita Cameron (Director of Minority Outreach). In this podcast, they discuss the life and legacy of Diane Coleman.

"This is a very dangerous time for us. When the standard of living drops as low as it has for so many people, with costs rising constantly, disabled people are rapidly cast as financial burdens on society and as being of less value than others." 

An excellent hospice care facility shows that comfortable and peaceful death is possible without assisted suicide. Each patient in this story is a testament to the need for good, caring hospice facilities. 

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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