This is a great article on why Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide should never be legal from a disabilities perspective. First published in the  :New York Times Continue reading

Some people have the ability to get the tone of a letter to an editor just right and they seem, always, to get published (though I'm sure this isn't always the case). The following letters again focused on the Massachusetts Ballot Question 2 and appeared recently in New England newspapers:Dear Editor: (Boston Herald)  Continue reading

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Man pleads guilty to manslaughter for "assisting" a suicide death in Virginia  Paul Stephen Bricker (27) pled guilty to a charge of manslaughter in the "suicide" death of  Gerard Curran (45), a navy chief, and a superior of Bricker. Continue reading

This is an important summary of what's happening on the assisted suicide front in US states. Assisted Suicide - US Overview.By  Continue reading

  As we have seen in Australia in recent times, Death with Dignity uses polling figures as their strongest marketting tool.  There they claim 82% support and a sizeable bloc of legislators in support.We do not know the poll question used; but if it's anything like that used here in Australia all it really tells us is that a large percentage of those polled agree with the question â�� it tells us little or nothing about their attitudes to euthanasia as practiced and nothing about how they feel about an particular type of legislation. Continue reading