HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK |
New York Disability Advocate, Jose Hernandez, Explains the Dangers Inherent to Assisted Suicide Laws on CBS News |
Although CBS did not do a balanced piece, presenting both sides equally, as they said they would when they first contacted us, what little time they gave Jose to provide viewers some second thoughts, he nailed it! |
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Assisted Suicide and Women
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Chelsea Roff, founder of Eat, Breathe, Thrive, joins The Other Half podcast host, Fiona Mackenzie to discuss the affects of assisted suicide on women and those who struggle with eating disorders. Watch this conversation below! |
| PRAF Team in Statehouses Across the Nation |
There were three different hearings this week alone: NH, MT, and DE. Our Coalitions Director, Jessica Rodgers, was on site in DE and stopped off in MD to do some direct lobbying to stand in solidarity with our local allies. Sarah Davenport-Smith from our coalitions team testified in MT in favor of SB136. Although technically illegal, assisted suicide is practiced with impunity in MT due to a ruling in state court. This session could change all that with SB136 to restore protections for vulnerable people.
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| Michael Deacon: If liberals oppose the death penalty, they must oppose assisted dying too |
"Inevitably, there would be vulnerable people coerced into an “assisted death” by unscrupulous relatives. No matter what “safeguards” our MPs write into the legislation, they won’t stop some sociopath of a son guilt-tripping his elderly mother into an early grave so that he can get his claws on her cash." |
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"End Assisted Suicide" is the group of plaintiffs suing the state of California to overturn the Assisted Suicide law there. Our 501(c)(3) sister organization, the Institute for Patients' Rights, has joined this ground-breaking lawsuit as a plaintiff.
We've appealed our case to the 9th Circuit. Click below to learn more about this lawsuit. |
If you’re in crisis, there are options available to help you cope. You can call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at any time to connect with a trained crisis counselor. For confidential support available 24/7 for everyone in the U.S., call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org. |
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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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