HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK |
Reid Davenport’s ‘Life After’ Connects Assisted Dying With a Fear of Disability |
In this interview, Reid Davenport, director of the Sundance award-winning documentary Life After, says, "We were more interested in understanding whether assisted dying laws, as they are currently legislated in the U.S. for terminally ill people, could be susceptible to becoming a slippery slope. And we also wanted to unpack the ways that our cultural fear of disability (and our deep-seated societal values of independence and productivity) is contributing to how terminally ill folks are already using that legislation."
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You can preorder Life After by clicking here and watch this award winning film when it releases! |
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Preventing Assisted Suicide in Maryland
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"The practical application of these laws is that someone will qualify if they would die within six months without treatment. That's why a doctor in Colorado justified, and faced no penalty for, writing lethal prescriptions for young women with anorexia. Despite mental health conditions not being a qualifying condition, the doctor has faced no consequences," said Jessica Rodgers, Coalitions Director of the Patients' Rights Action Fund. |
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Be A Signatory On A Letter To CBS Decrying Their Bias Coverage of Assisted Suicide |
Recently, CBS News aired a two-part segment on PAS. The first part focused entirely on a pro-assisted suicide perspective. We expected the second segment to present a balanced view, but unfortunately, only a fraction of the promised opposing perspective was aired. We are calling on CBS to explain their editorial decisions and provide truly balanced reporting on this issue. We urge you to stand with us by signing on to support this letter. Together, we can demand accountability and ensure that all voices are heard.
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Assisted Suicide Will Undermine Suicide Prevention |
"A group of 24 experts said they were “alarmed” by the speed with which the legislation was being pushed through parliament and that it should be 'overwhelmingly rejected.' They argued that the bill could put pressure on patients who were lonely or grieving, or felt like a burden, to take their own lives instead of accessing psychological or psychiatric support. |
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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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