By Jamie DeLine “Anita Cameron with the organization, Not Dead Yet, is happy the [assisted suicide] legislation didn’t pass this year, saying she worries it will have a negative effect on marginalized communities and believes in focusing on palliative care.” […]
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Albany, NY— New York’s 2023 regular legislative session is over, and assisted suicide legislation has failed—despite an end-of-session push—to receive approval in the State Senate or in the State Assembly. This is welcome news. Assisted suicide bills have been introduced […]
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Albany, NY—Our coalition strongly opposes the so-called Medical Aid in Dying Act (A.995-A/S.2445-A), which would permit assisted suicide in New York State. While proponents position the legislation as “death with dignity” and empowering for people with serious diseases, the sad […]
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Dear Leader Stewart-Cousins and Speaker Heastie: The New York Alliance Against Assisted Suicide (NYAAAS) is an association of diverse organizations and individuals committed to maintaining New York’s longstanding ban on assisted suicide. We write to reaffirm our strong opposition to […]
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By Katelynn Richardson Diane Coleman, president of the anti-assisted suicide disability rights group Not Dead Yet, told the DCNF the states to watch are Massachusetts and New York, which the “well-funded organizations that push these bills” have been targeting the most. “New […]
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By Kevin Hayes “Every waking moment, I’m in excruciating pain as we speak,” said Anita Cameron, an advocate and minority outreach director for the group ‘Not Dead Yet.’ Cameron is very much in the middle of it with multiple disabilities […]
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“The Center for Disability Rights New York calls the [#AssistedSuicide] bill ‘an existential threat to disabled New Yorkers.’” “According to the website CDRNYS.org, if the New York Medical Aid in Dying Act is passed and signed into law, the government […]
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Some groups remain vocally opposed to the legislation, saying it could bring devastating consequences to some New Yorkers. Broadly made up of religious organizations and disability rights groups, a coalition called the New York Alliance Against Assisted Suicide has warned […]
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Some groups remain vocally opposed to the legislation, saying it could bring devastating consequences to some New Yorkers. Broadly made up of religious organizations and disability rights groups, a coalition called the New York Alliance Against Assisted Suicide has warned […]
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