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May 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM

Assisted Suicide is Not Death with Dignity, In Memoriam: Jean Swenson, + More

  Forwarded this email? Subscribe HERE View in Browser  HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEKAssisted Suicide is Not Death with Dignity   Dr. Lydia Dugdale, physician and an ethicist at Columbia University, writes, "This is not a compassionate policy — not in Canada, not in Oregon and not, should the bill b…

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May 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM

Assisted Suicide Is Not True Choice, + More

  Forwarded this email? Subscribe HERE View in Browser  HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK Matt Vallière: Assisted Suicide Is Not A True Choice Our Executive Director, Matt Vallière, was published in the New York Times and the Sentinel & Enterprise. In the NYT, he's quoted saying, "By framing assisted…

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May 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM

New York Post Editorial Board Opposes Assisted Suicide, + More

  Forwarded this email? Subscribe HERE View in Browser  HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK New York Post Editorial Board Issues Strong Opposition to Assisted Suicide Laws  This article from the New York Post's Editorial Board urges Governor Kathy Hochul to protect vulnerable New Yorkers by ensuring the pr…

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April 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM

Palliative Support Can Change the Desire To Die, + More

  Forwarded this email? Subscribe HEREView in Browser   HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEKThe Right Support Changes the Desire to Die  A reporter for The Guardian, Line Vaaben, steps in to the daily work of a palliative care facility in Denmark. One of the staff members, "Dr Johan Randén has encountered s…

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April 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM

Suicide Contagion, Fatal Loopholes in Assisted Suicide, + More

  Forwarded this email? Subscribe HEREView in Browser   HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEKAllies Speak Out About Dangers in Assisted Suicide  Chelsea Roff, founder of Eat, Breathe, Thrive and Dr. Catherine Cook Cottone presented at South by Southwest (a major conference and festival held annually). In thi…

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April 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM

Allies Speak Against Assisted Suicide in Massachusetts, + More

  Forwarded this email? Subscribe HEREView in Browser   HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEKMassachusetts Press Conference: Opponents of Assisted Suicide Speak Boldly    Hear from Matt Vallière (Executive Director of Patients' Rights Action Fund), Ellen Leigh (Disability Advocate), John Kelly (Director of S…

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April 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM

Powerful Hearing in Massachusetts, End Assisted Suicide Update, + More

  Forwarded this email? Subscribe HEREView in Browser   HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEKAdvocates Against Assisted Suicide Speak Boldly in Massachusetts   "This incredible turnout was a compelling force in the opposition against this law which is discriminatory, dangerous, and deadly to the most vulner…

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April 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM

Hearing in our Case to Overturn the California Assisted Suicide Law

TODAY IS THE DEADLINE! Sign-up to submit testimony by 5pm today. Your voice is urgently needed!  Dear Friends,  As many of you know, our sister organization, the Institute for Patients' Rights, has been working hard alongside lawyers to prepare for a hearing at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. W…

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March 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM

UN Committee Says Canada Assisted Suicide Law Needs to Go, Lawsuit Update, + More

  Forwarded this email? Subscribe HEREView in Browser   HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEKUN Committee Recommends Repealing Track 2 of Canada's Assisted Suicide Law  The United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has recommended that Canada's discriminatory "Track 2" of their assi…

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March 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM

There Isn't Enough Knowledge of Assisted Suicide Drugs, + More

  Forwarded this email? Subscribe HERE View in Browser  HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK There's Not Enough Knowledge About Assisted Suicide Drugs  Manuela Callari shares the astounding lack of knowledge regarding the drugs used in assisted suicide. This level of uncertainty and concealment would not be…

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March 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM

Assisted Suicide Is Not A Compassionate Choice, Concerns Are Not Fear Tactics, + More

  Forwarded this email? Subscribe HERE View in Browser  HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK Assisted Suicide is Not the Compassionate Choice  "Depression and hopelessness are common among terminally ill patients, and studies show that those who seek PAS often do so not because of unmanageable physical pain…

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March 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM

One Man's Personal Opposition to Assisted Suicide, + More

  Forwarded this email? Subscribe HERE View in Browser  HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK Son of Slain Patient Fights Against Assisted Suicide  "Christopher learned of his father’s scheduled death a mere two days before it occurred and though he tried, every effort of persuasion was to no avail. Mr. Lyon…

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February 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM

Rent LIFE AFTER Today, Assisted Suicide Will Hamper Suicide Prevention Work. + More

  Forwarded this email? Subscribe HERE View in Browser  HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEKAssisted Suicide is Not the Solution   "The abuse against vulnerable people is well-documented: Patients 'choosing' to die because they can’t access treatment; paralympians being offered assisted suicide while askin…

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February 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM

Don't Forget To Register! Webinar: Global Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Perspectives

 Dear Friends, Don't forget - TOMORROW is our webinar. Register today! We are hosting our next webinar on Global Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Perspectives. For this webinar, you will hear from advocates in the US, UK, France, and Canada on the current state of assisted suicide and euthanasia. Y…

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February 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM

Next Webinar THIS Thursday: Global Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Perspectives

 Dear Friends,  We are hosting our next webinar on Global Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Perspectives. For this webinar, you will hear from advocates in the US, UK, France, and Canada on the current state of assisted suicide and euthanasia. You will hear from: - Reid Davenport, Director of the …

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February 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM

Canada's Assisted Suicide Laws are a Cliff, Opposing Voices are Vital, + More

  Forwarded this email? Subscribe HERE View in Browser  HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK Decades of Assisted Suicide Expansion Shows How Canada's Slippery Slope was Actually a Cliff  "When it was introduced, proponents claimed [assisted suicide] would only account for a small number of deaths. In 2023…

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February 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM

Correction: Webinar on February 27th, not February 20th

 Dear Friends, A correction: our most recent email said this event was tomorrow, when it will actually be the 27th. Apologies for the confusion! We are hosting our next webinar on Global Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Perspectives. For this webinar, you will hear from advocates in the US, UK, F…

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February 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM

LAST CHANCE: Join Us For Our Next Webinar

 Dear Friends,  Tomorrow, we are hosting our next webinar on Global Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Perspectives. For this webinar, you will hear from advocates in the US, UK, France, and Canada on the current state of assisted suicide and euthanasia. You will hear from: - Reid Davenport, Direct…

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February 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM

Join Us For Our Next Webinar: Global Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Perspectives

 Dear Friends,  We are hosting our next webinar on Global Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Perspectives. For this webinar, you will hear from advocates in the US, UK, France, and Canada on the current state of assisted suicide and euthanasia. You will hear from: - Reid Davenport, Director of the …

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February 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM

Sundance Award-Winning Documentary LIFE AFTER: Watch Now!

  Patients Rights Action Fund is proud to present LIFE AFTER for at-home streaming this month.  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 p…

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February 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM

Join Us For Our Next Webinar: Global Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Perspectives

 Dear Friends,  We are hosting our next webinar on Global Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Perspectives. For this webinar, you will hear from advocates in the US, UK, France, and Canada on the current state of assisted suicide and euthanasia. You will hear from: - Reid Davenport, Director of the …

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February 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM

Montana Looking To Close Assisted Suicide Loophole, Misdiagnoses, + More

  Forwarded this email? Subscribe HERE View in Browser  HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK Montana Moving To Close Loophole and Make Assisted Suicide Illegal  The Montana State Legislature passed SB 136, a bill to close the dangerous legal loophole that allows assisted suicide to be practiced, at the sec…

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February 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM

Reid Davenport's 'Life After,' Assisted Suicide Undermined Suicide Prevention, + More

 View in Browser 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 law…

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January 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM

PRAF Staff Active in Statehouses, Jose Hernandez on CBS + MORE

 View in Browser 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 ti…

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January 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM

The Alarming Rise of Assisted Suicide, Systemic Issues, + More

 View in Browser HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK Kelsi Sheren Speaks Boldly Against Assisted Suicide  Watch this video with Kelsi Sheren speaking with Triggernometry hosts Konstantin Kisin and Francis Foster about the issues with assisted suicide. In it, she pulls the curtain back on the continued expa…

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January 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM

Assisted Suicide Does Not Provide True Autonomy, + More

 View in Browser HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK Assisted Suicide Does Not Provide True Autonomy  "The simplest framing of what is wrong with [assisted suicide] is that it leads to the government operating two competing suicide hotlines, and being, at best, indifferent about which one you call. On one …

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January 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM

The Slippery Slope Keeps Slipping, Doctors Push Assisted Suicide, + More

 View in Browser HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK The Slippery Slope Keeps Slipping  "In medical ethics, the principles of autonomy (ie, subjective patient self-determination) and beneficence (ie, what is believed to be objectively in the patient’s best interest) always exist in dynamic balance. One pri…

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January 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM

Disability and Assisted Suicide, No Dignity in Coerced Death, + More

 View in BrowserHAPPY NEW YEAR!  HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEKDisability and Assisted Suicide   "Those protesting against assisted dying laws are not asking dying people to suffer. The issue is not as black and white as people believe it to be. Those of us protesting do not want people to be in need…

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December 26, 2024 at 2:06 PM

Our Latest Newsletter, Considering Palliative Care, + More

 View in Browser HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK Check Out Our Latest Newsletter!  Our latest newsletter provides a letter from Matt Vallière, a state status report, and the latest news. In this issue, you can read about the events we hosted with actress Liz Carr in Washington, DC, as well as an interv…

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December 19, 2024 at 2:04 PM

A Holiday Message from Our Coalitions Director

 View in BrowserFrom the Desk of Jessica RodgersDear Friends,   Over the Thanksgiving week I watched, with delight, the new Netflix series, A Man on the Inside. Ted Danson stars as Charles, the widower of a much-loved bride with Alzheimer’s. Answering the ad of a private detective agency, he takes …

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December 12, 2024 at 2:07 PM

Expansion of Assisted Suicide Raises Concerns, "Safeguards" Are Not Safe, + More

 View in Browser HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK Assisted Suicide Isn't Freedom  "The Canadian state is euthanizing its poor and disabled today, as physician-assisted death has increasingly become an option for those suffering under structural oppression — a grim reality disability rights advocates hav…

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December 5, 2024 at 3:37 PM

Dispatches from UK in the Fight to STOP Assisted Suicide Legalization

 View in Browser In the UK, Vulnerable People Are Now More at Risk Than Ever  The Parliament in the UK is currently in consideration of a bill that would legalize and Oregon-style assisted suicide law. On November 29th, the House of Commons, by a narrow vote which was by no means on party lines, vo…

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December 3, 2024 at 9:49 PM

Don't Forget: This Giving Tuesday, Consider Supporting Our Mission

 Dear John,   There is still time this Giving Tuesday, to consider supporting our mission to end assisted suicide laws by donating today! We know there are several ways you can spend and give this holiday season, so we count every dollar donated to our cause as a priceless gift.   Many of you know …

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December 3, 2024 at 2:01 PM

On Giving Tuesday, Consider Supporting Our Mission

 Dear John,   This Giving Tuesday, we invite you to consider supporting our mission to end assisted suicide laws by donating today! We know there are several ways you can spend and give this holiday season, so we count every dollar donated to our cause as a priceless gift.   Many of you know that t…

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November 27, 2024 at 2:02 PM

Assisted Suicide Is About The Right to Live, The Life of Diane Coleman, + More

 View in Browser  HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK Assisted Suicide Is About My Right to Live  "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…

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November 22, 2024 at 11:37 PM

Wall Street Journal Covers Liz Carr's Incredible Advocacy!

  Friends, Incredible piece at the The Wall Street Journal covering our friend Liz Carr and her advocacy in opposition to assisted suicide! While Liz was in the US with our team at our invitation back in September, we witnessed her passion for protecting vulnerable people. She screened her groun…

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November 21, 2024 at 2:03 PM

New York Times Covers Diane Coleman, Cautionary Tales, + More

 View in Browser  HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK New York Times Covers Diane Coleman's Life  "At the core of her critique was the argument that the idea of a “right to die” was evidence of how little society valued people like her and a warning that the health care system was broken." Keep Reading  L…

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November 19, 2024 at 7:47 PM

Join Not Dead Yet for a Virtual Memorial for Diane Coleman

   Friends,Please join our friends at Not Dead Yet for a virtual memorial celebrating the life and legacy of Not Dead Yet Founder, Diane Coleman. They will share stories from her life and work and create a community space to mourn the loss of this great woman.  CART and ASL will be provided.  Pleas…

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November 14, 2024 at 1:58 PM

From the Desk of Matt Vallière, In Memoriam, + More

 View in Browser  HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK From the Desk of Matt Vallière  Read a new initiative from PRAF Executive Director, Matt Vallière, where you can hear from him on various topics related to assisted suicide. Here is a quote from his article:"If our side has a principle, it’s equal human…

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November 7, 2024 at 2:17 PM

Remembering Rita & Diane + West Virginia News

 View in BrowserIn Memoriam These two women effectively forged a movement. They will be sorely missed. May they rest in peace.  Rita Marker When few were paying attention to assisted suicide, Rita formed the Patients Rights Council to advocate on the issue. It is an understatement to proclaim how h…

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November 6, 2024 at 3:02 PM

In Memoriam: Diane Coleman

Dear friends, Many of us have been in mourning at the loss of our beloved friend and colleague, Diane Coleman. As the board and staff of Not Dead Yet work through this great loss, both personally and professionally, they have requested that we send out the below on their behalf, which they have d…

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October 31, 2024 at 12:52 PM

Latest News, In Memoriam: Rita Marker, + More

 View in Browser  In Memoriam Rita Marker: A Remarkable Legend for our Work Barbara Lyons Reflects on Rita's Legacy  It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our dear friend and colleague, Rita Marker. Please click the link below to read Barbara Lyon's beautiful reflections on Rita'…

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October 24, 2024 at 3:21 PM

Canada's Assisted Suicide Laws Continue To Descend, + More

 View in Browser  HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK Patients Without Terminal Illness Seeking Assisted Suicide in Canada  "And internal data obtained exclusively by AP from Canada’s most populous province suggest a significant number of people euthanized when they are in unmanageable pain but not about t…

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October 17, 2024 at 1:10 PM

No Dignity in Assisted Suicide, Comparing to Pet Euthanasia, + More

 View in Browser  HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK There is No Dignity in Assisted Dying  "Deep down, everybody knows that the introduction of assisted dying legislation will create a new tier of vulnerable people who decide to jump before nature pushes them, and who would not have done so otherwise." …

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October 10, 2024 at 3:11 PM

Opposing Assisted Suicide Laws, Canada's Cautionary Tale, + More

 View in Browser  HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK Liz Carr Interviewed for Better Off Dead? Documentary  "I think disabled activists who oppose these laws have said for a long time, ‘These laws are ultimately about disabled people, and it will be used to end social suffering.’ We have seen everything …

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October 3, 2024 at 12:46 PM

Lawsuit Filed in Canada, Latest Webinar Available, + More

 View in Browser  HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK Inclusion Canada Files Major Lawsuit in Canada  "A coalition of disability rights organizations and two personally affected individuals have filed a Charter challenge with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice... The coalition is urging the court to str…

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September 26, 2024 at 5:13 PM

CORRECTION: An Update on Liz Carr Events & PRAF's Week in DC

 View in Browser September 26, 2024    John, CORRECTION: The original send of this email incorrectly stated that the National Council on Disability sponsored the Liz Carr Screening at the DC Public Library, but instead it was the National Council on Independent Living. The link to the website is co…

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September 26, 2024 at 2:34 PM

Progressive Canadian Disability Rights Groups and Individuals sue to overturn Euthanasia Law for Non-Life-Threatening Disability

 Dear Friends,   Inclusion Canada, the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD), Indigenous Disability Canada (IDC/BCANDS), DAWN Canada and two individuals with disabilities are suing to overturn “Bill C-7,” which expanded the original Canadian assisted suicide and euthanasia law from allowin…

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September 26, 2024 at 1:02 PM

An Update on Liz Carr Events & PRAF's Week in DC

 View in Browser September 26, 2024    John, This week, read our recap on the week our staff spent in Washington DC. Our team at PRAF meets together in person once a year, so we gathered in DC and spent time together celebrating the last year, planning ahead for year ahead, and attending various ev…

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September 12, 2024 at 1:32 PM

I Still Wouldn't Want Assisted Suicide, Upcoming Webinar, + More

I Still Wouldn't Want Assisted Suicide, Upcoming Webinar, + More HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK: I Still Wouldn’t Want Assisted Suicide Why do assisted suicide proponents fight for assisted suicide while saying that they support p…

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