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HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK |
Assisted Suicide Laws Harm People With Disabilities
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Jamie Towey, president of Aging with Dignity, asks the question, "How do physician-assisted suicide laws harm people with disabilities?" He investigates by speaking to Matt Vallière (Executive Director of PRAF), Patty Kunze (Rollin' RNs), James Rapp (Fredericksburg DisAbility Resource Center). |
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Award Winning Documentary Available to Watch |
LIFE AFTER is available to stream on Kinema for one week only! Rent and watch the Sundance-award winning documentary from February 16–22, plus each ticket grants you free access to a live, virtual Q&A on Feb 22 at 2pm EST featuring director Reid Davenport, writer & activist Imani Barbarin (Crutches & Spice), and special guest, actress and disability activist Marissa Bode.
As governments prioritize expanding access to assisted death over providing the means to live well and thrive, LIFE AFTER is a gripping investigation of assisted dying through a disabled lens, calling on us all to organize across movements and combat this cynical and deadly approach. Rent the film, join the conversation, and answer this call.
Get your tickets at tinyurl.com/lifeafterwatch Accessibility: Available globally. Closed Captions and Audio Description available for film. Live automated captions and ASL interpreter provided for Q&A. |
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Assisted Suicide Targets Vulnerable People |
Hannah Lape, Legislative Assistant for the Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee, writes, "Top to bottom, physician-assisted suicide violates patient trust and physician integrity, offends the innate dignity and equality of all human beings regardless of their physical or mental state, normalizes suicide, disincentivizes public and private investment in palliative care options, and gives rise to a slippery slope where suicide drugs may become available to the general public."
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Assisted Suicide is the Opposite of Compassion |
Gary Houchens, professor and director of the Educational Leadership doctoral program at Western Kentucky University, states, "Collectively, we spend billions on suicide prevention programs, yet assisted-suicide laws normalize suicide undermine broader efforts to protect life. If we truly value life, especially the lives of the elderly, disabled, mentally ill, the socioeconomically disadvantaged, and children, we should be investing in legislation that treats killing as an answer."
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We’ve joined a federal lawsuits in California, Colorado, and Delaware with a coalition of national and state-based disability and patient advocacy organizations.
The plaintiffs argue that 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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