"The abuse against vulnerable people is well-documented: Patients 'choosing' to die because they can’t access treatment; paralympians being offered assisted suicide while asking a government official for a wheelchair ramp; patients being approved for euthanasia because they were facing down homelessness and lacking social supports."

"As society, we are signed up to the idea that we should do all we can to help [suicidal people] get through. It’s very rarely questioned. Society accepts that it has a role in protecting people who are vulnerable and at risk. We look after our friends when they’re in crisis. We sit up all night with them. We look out for strangers on a bridge. My concern is that if we decide as a society, if we concede the principle that people who want to take their own lives should be helped through that crisis and out the other side, then conceding that ground is a huge step."

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.

LIFE AFTER, a gripping documentary that foregrounds the missing voices of the disability community in the contemporary debate about assisted suicide, won the US Documentary Special Jury Award at its premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival last month. ED Matt Vallière spoke with Director Reid Davenport in early February about his filmmaking process and what he hopes the film contributes to the conversation about assisted suicide and disability justice. You can access a recording of their conversation when you rent the film below.

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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