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February 2, 2020March 16, 2022

Ableism and the Right to Die

Last week, I referred a caller to the Final Exit Network (FEN) to John B. Kelly, a Not Dead Yet opponent of right-to-die (RTD) laws. The person was inquiring on behalf of his brother (I'll call him Carl) about the education and training services that FEN offers to applicants who want to hasten their deaths. The brother was trying to learn if FEN could help Carl, who was despairing of his condition. (Continue reading ...)

July 21, 2019March 16, 2022

Why FEN should support the Disability Integration Act

You may not have heard of the Disability Integration Act of 2019, but it is worth the support of the Final Exit Network (FEN) and the individual support of all people who favor a self-controlled death (Continue reading ...)

August 26, 2018March 16, 2022

Lessons about PAD from disability rights advocates

Disability rights groups that oppose self-determination for people who seek physician-assisted dying (PAD ) argue that such people should not have the right to decide for themselves when their lives are no longer tenable. Nevertheless, the disability rights groups do make points related to PAD that are worth considering; for one, they have helped me realize that over the last ten years I have become disabled. (Continue reading ...)

March 18, 2018March 16, 2022

Thinking about being a burden on others

When a family member provides care in the home for someone with a disability, when does this responsibility become a burden on the caregiver? Is being a burden asking too much of a family member? These and related questions are discussed in this week's post. (Continue reading ...)

September 25, 2017March 16, 2022

A response to disability rights activists’ opposition to the right to die, PART 2

In Part 1, I began explaining why the disability rights group Not Dead Yet opposes Death With Dignity laws and the right to die. I also provided the most recent data from Oregon’s experience with its DWDA to refute some of the claims of Not Dead Yet. All of the arguments made against the DWD laws by Not Dead Yet are false or misleading. (Continue reading ...)

September 17, 2017March 18, 2022

A response to disability rights activists’ opposition to the right to die, PART 1

Five years ago in Massachusetts, the right to autonomy in one’s body went down to defeat in a vote related to irrational fear by some disability rights advocates working through the activist group Not Dead Yet. Their position was that they would be compelled or coerced into ending their own lives if the initiative passed. (Continue reading ...)

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