

Jessica Rodgers
524 posts

@JRodMSW
Coalitions Director for @PRAFund. Foodie. Super Nerd. Social Worker. Travel = Life. All views expressed are my own.



Just an extraordinary exchange


Eileen should still be alive, but the system failed her by legalizing physician-assisted suicide. Because of the strain of her mental suffering she used the law to obtain assisted suicide drugs and take her life. Eileen is proof that PAS laws don't work.

Eileen did not qualify for physician assisted suicide medications for multiple reasons, and yet was found dead in a hotel room with an empty bottle of lethal medication by her side. - @AgingwDignity WATCH: youtu.be/YS8It4efels?si…

Gov. Kathy Hochul has indicated she'll sign legislation legalizing terminally-ill New Yorkers ending their lives with the help of a doctor. We heard from @JRodMSW about the proposal that is awaiting her signature. #MedicalAidInDying #PhysicianAssistedSuicide @NoSuicideNY








New Yorkers representing secular, disability, medical, and faith communities came together, standing shoulder to shoulder on cold December nights to tell @GovKathyHochul that state-sanctioned suicide has no place here. patientsrightsaction.org/vigils-across-…




It is not too late to put the brakes on assisted dying, and focus on improved palliative, social and end-of-life care theguardian.com/commentisfree/…




