Pages tagged "disability"
Belgium: Disability support fail - yet euthanasing the disabled for organ harvesting is okay
Sep 02, 2013
In my last post I cross-posted a commentary from Wesley Smith where he was justly critical of the Belgian organ-harvesting by way of euthanasia of people with a disability.
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STOP THE ABUSE: peak disability body calls for more to be done
Aug 17, 2013
This media release from Craig Wallace and People With Disability Australia (PWDA): 11 August 2013
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'The world would be a different place with euthanasia'
Aug 17, 2013
UK Disability Activist tells her story and speaks out against the UK DPP's apparent softening on assisted suicide in the wake of the Martin decision. It was just another normal day today. Me and my husband Merv were at the mirror. Poor Merv was trying to do my hair while I complained about the state of it.
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USA disability advocate speaks against New Jersey bill
Aug 14, 2013
Diane Coleman is the President and CEO of the disability rights group Not Dead Yet. This article was published in the NJ.com
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The Law: It's not about personal choice
Aug 09, 2013
The UK media has been awash of late with stories and interviews on assisted suicide and euthanasia. First there was the UK & Ireland visit of
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Disability rights leaders fear the Martin assisted suicide court ruling (UK) might lead to euthanasia
Aug 09, 2013
The following article was originally published by the Disability News Service
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Where is the debate on suicide prevention for the disabled?
Aug 01, 2013
In the lead up to the recent UK Court of Appeal decision to maintain the law on assisting in suicide, UK disability advocate, Richard Hawkes, asks the obvious question. This report from ITV online:
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The dangerous 'help' of assisted suicide, by Diane Coleman
Jul 24, 2013
The following article was written by Diane Coleman, is a lawyer and the founder and president of the disability rights group by the New Jersey Star Ledger on July 23, 2013.
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NZ: Euthanasia Bill a grave threat to our community
Jun 26, 2013
Mike Sullivan, from Saving Downs New Zealand explains why Maryan Street MP's euthanasia bill (and all euthanasia bill puts people living with disabilities at risk:
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Great examples of hope
Jun 11, 2013
I've written often that there are clear 'memes' in our society that some who want euthanasia and/or assisted suicide available aren't really afraid of how they might die but, rather, they fear becoming like people with disabilities. I can't imagine how people who live with disabilities feel when they recognise this kind of thinking in their midst, but raising a child with a disability, Anne and I have an abiding concern for Joseph's future.
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