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HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK |
Coverage on Lawsuit in Delaware to Overturn Assisted Suicide |
The End Assisted Suicide plaintiff group was featured in Delaware Online regarding the latest lawsuit filed to overturn assisted suicide law. "Opponents, specifically these plaintiffs, say the law not only violates several state and federal statutes but could still ultimately “single out” residents with disabilities and other vulnerable communities and put them at risk for untimely death as opposed to ensuring connection to necessary care." |
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A CALL TO ACTION - ILLINOIS & NEW YORK |
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In the dark of night on October 31, the Illinois Senate passed a “Food Sanitation Bill.” Disgustingly, the language in SB 1950 has nothing to do with food sanitation and instead legalizes assisted suicide in Illinois with the minimum number of votes needed for passage. Since the bill had already passed in the House, it will now go to Governor.
Please act TODAY to contact Governor Pritzker, who has presidential ambitions, by clicking the link below and ask him to veto SB 1950 and keep Illinois free of lethal drugs that harm vulnerable patients! |
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In April, the New York State Assembly passed, by a close vote of 81-67, dangerous and discriminatory assisted suicide legislation. During the last week of session, on Monday, June 9th, the New York State Senate approved assisted suicide by a vote of 35-27. A slim majority over the necessary 32 votes for passage. The bill will now head to the desk of Governor Kathy Hochul, who needs to hear from YOU. Click the link below to tell the Governor to VETO this bill! |
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New York Candlelight Vigils Give Voice To Most Vulnerable |
At four locations in New York, medical professionals, religious leaders, and disability advocates, stood in the cold for candlelight vigils in protest of the deadly practice of assisted suicide. These vigils included over 350 people and demonstrated to Governor Kathy Hochul that there is no place in New York for assisted suicide. |
| Dr. Dugdale Fights Against Assisted Suicide in Recent Debate |
Dr. Lydia Dugdale, physician, medical ethicist, and professor of medicine at Columbia University, debates an assisted suicide supporter on her position that, "Legalizing this practice of physician-assisted suicide risks undermining the responsibilities of governments, medical systems, and families to care for the mentally ill, the poor, and the physically disabled." |
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Assisted suicide puts people with disabilities at risk |
Sharon Shapiro-Lacks, prominent disability rights activist, writes, "With the proper provision of pain and discomfort relief, medication or procedures, long-term care options, hospice care, living and mobility aids, lifestyle adjustments, activities, counseling, and family respite care, we can help people to live meaningful lives until the final hours. We need to work on advocating for and securing these supports; not place death as a medical tool into doctors’ hands."
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"End Assisted Suicide" is the group of plaintiffs suing the states of California, Colorado, and Delaware 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 joined a federal lawsuit in Delaware with a coalition of national and Delaware-based disability and patient advocacy organizations - The Freedom Center for Independent Living, the National Council on Independent Living, the Delaware chapter of ADAPT, United Spinal Association, Not Dead Yet, the Institute for Patients’ Rights, and Sean Curran, a disability advocate.
The plaintiffs argue the Delaware assisted suicide law violates core protections under the U.S. Constitution and federal civil rights laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. |
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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The Patients' Rights Action Fund (PRAF) is a 501(c)(4) and 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.
The Institute for Patients' Rights (IPR) is a 501(c)(3) founded to conduct research, educates the public, and work to expand and implement tools of empowerment for older adults, people with disabilities, marginalized persons, and their families to combat policies and medical practices that devalue some people’s lives, putting them at great risk of deadly harm, as with assisted suicide laws. |
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