On the surface, continued passage of U.S. death-with-dignity laws appears favorable for the RTD cause. But the landscape is littered with potholes, land mines, and detours that raise more questions than the new laws address.
What is the highest good and who decides? Here are some reflections on that question from Lamar Hankins.
Say hello to Althea Halchuck, FEN’s new surrogate consultant.
Ethicist and right-to-die champion Margaret Pabst Battin shares some important lessons from COVID-19.
Lamar Hankins, who was partly disabled for much of his adult life and whose father was severely disabled before dying from complications of Alzheimer’s, shares why he supports the right to die even for the disabled.
Diane Coleman, President and CEO of Not Dead Yet, looks at the lack of resources available in the health care system as the nation prepares for overwhelming COVID-19 cases and discusses hoe the disabled will be significantly endangered.
A dialogue about the right to die in interview format between the blog editor and a woman who has lived over four decades as a paraplegic.
Drawing on reports from Forbes, New York Times, USA Today, AXIOS, and the Philadelphia Inquirer, Jill Richardson explains the cruelty of reducing or eliminating disability benefits for the most vulnerable Americans.
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.
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
