Our friends and allies at the Patients Rights Action Fund (@PRAFund) have a new website. Check it out! https://patientsrightsaction.org/ #AssistedSuicide

"Even though we are told over and over by proponents this is not a disability issue, it is a disability issue … because people who are terminally ill almost always have a disability issue before death," Marilyn Golden. #AssistedSuicide https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legislature/a-life-and-death-debate-on-aid-in-dying-bill-in-new-mexico/article_6bbe7b60-5ff8-11eb-a4de-6331076eb283.html

"When activists sell #AssistedSuicide, they promise that strict guidelines will protect against abuse. But once the law has passed and people get used to doctors causing death, protections are redefined as obstacles or burdens, and the law is loosened..." https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/now-hawaii-wants-non-physician-assisted-suicide/

The @NYDailyNews notes both the Medical Society of the State of New York (@mssnytweet) and the American Medical Association @AmerMedicalAssn) oppose physician-assisted suicide. https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-death-with-dignity-legislation-20210125-5plyjdvfuzh43hcqbsredx5cdq-story.html

Earlier today, Asm. @KarinesReyes87 (D-Bronx) provided an interview stating her support for physician #AssistedSuicide. The New York Alliance Against Assisted Suicide offered the attached response. https://nosuicideny.org/2021/01/14/nyaaas-responds-to-asm-reyes-assisted-suicide-rationale/