Not Dead Yet

@RussellFindlay1 Thank you, Russel Findlay! Every jurisdiction that chooses not to protect its most vulnerable, experiences the same buyer's remorse of believing the bait and switch that safeguards work, when they were never intended to. Scotland deserves better. Sincerely, Ian McIntosh

Why I'm voting against the assisted dying bill:

It was great to see so many of you at our virtual memorial for Diane Coleman yesterday. Here is the recording of the virtual memorial: youtube.com/watch?v=HKeWlq… Note: the captions are slightly delayed because they were typed in real-time at the gathering.

We are pleased to see Diane Coleman's legacy and impact recognized and honored through an obituary in @nytimes . nytimes.com/2024/11/20/us/…

Please join us for a virtual memorial celebrating the life and legacy of our Founder, Diane Coleman. We will share stories from her life and work and create a community space to mourn our loss. Learn more and register here: notdeadyet.org/join-us-virtua…

From Canada: "A B.C. judge took the extraordinary measure of preventing a woman’s medically assisted death, issuing an 11th-hour court order to halt the procedure, according to documents filed over the weekend." bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-judge-halt…

Pam Heavens: Since our health care system does not treat everyone equally, the practice of physician – assisted suicide raises the risk for...people with disabilities, veterans,...older people and those who cannot afford high- quality health care. thetimesweekly.com/2024/10/do-not…

@historykev: Discussion around assisted suicide and euthanasia (ASE) is dominated by emotional pleas, logical inconsistencies and outright myths. Here are 10 of the most egregious: alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2024/10/ten-my…

"...it would put pressure on the elderly, terminally ill and disabled people to end their lives prematurely. This is exactly what we have seen in the handful of places who have legalised state assisted killing." carenotkilling.org.uk/press-releases…

'Do you fear for a time where assisted dying becomes legalised, then normalised and then people with a disability feel pressure to end it all?' George Fielding discusses the danger posed to the vulnerable of legalising euthanasia.

A terminally ill [Australian] man who has spent an agonizing 10 months waiting for at-home care has told 7NEWS he has lost hope and has made the heart-wrenching decision to end his own life. youtube.com/watch?app=desk…

Crippen warns about the UK End of Life Bill crippencartoons.com/2024/10/20/cri…

@ladiesbane @Lucy_Webster_ Good for who? Many disability rights people oppose it like ‘Not dead Yet’. Fear of being a ‘burden’ was quoted in Oregon as the main reason for choosing it - above the fear of pain. Older women, in particular are susceptible to such nudging. Why not excellent palliative care?

Jensen Caraballo: From personal experience, having lived in an institution from a young age, I know the feeling of being seen as a problem rather than a person with potential and desires. This worldview underpins the argument for assisted suicide. notdeadyet.org/jensen-carabal…

Disabled activists..., said [assisted suicide] laws introduced in other countries have started with “relatively strict parameters” but then expand. Phil Friend, co-convenor of NDY UK, said: “safeguards are virtually impossible to implement effectively." disabilitynewsservice.com/disabled-peopl…

Article concerning inaccuracies of doctors' predictions of death and relevance to bills basing eligibility for assisted suicide on those predictions. msn.com/en-us/health/o…

Disaster preparedness and disaster relief as well as making sure that civil rights are not lost in the shuffle are disability issues. notdeadyet.org/when-disaster-…

Ontario Coroner: People euthanized with nonterminal conditions were “more likely to live in neighborhoods where there’s higher levels of residential instability, higher material deprivation and greater dependency on government support.” apnews.com/article/euthan…

From @PRAFund CEO: "Vallière concluded, laws permitting assisted suicide will eventually be eliminated because of their core devaluation of and discrimination against people who are living with disabilities." ncregister.com/cna/pushback-a…

UK Health Secy: "[W]hen I think about this question of being a burden, I do not think that palliative care...is in a condition yet where we are giving people the freedom to choose [assisted suicide], without being coerced by the lack of support available." alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2024/10/uk-lab…

2025 arrives soon, bringing a new legislative session in many states. New bills to legalize MAS will likely be introduced...So, it's prime time for public discussions about the general issue. PAMAS is seeking venues in which to show the film... notdeadyet.org/progressives-a…