For Immediate Release May 9, 2017 Contact: Don Nelson 775-530-0029, donnelson@sbcglobal.net Hearing on SB261, Doctor Prescribed Suicide, May 10th, 3.30 PM After abruptly cancelling a hearing on SB261 on April 12th in response to mass opposition to the bill, a hearing has been scheduled......
10 May, 2017
Brittany Maynard’s choice is not death with dignity Debra Saunders10:36 a.m. EDT October 15, 2014 (Photo: AP ) I’d like to think that if I got the bad news that Brittany Maynard received — terminal cancer with a prognosis of less than six months left......
11 December, 2016
In a Sept. 21 column, David Orentlicher proclaims that Indiana can feel comfortable with “aid in dying.” Not if you’re a Hoosier with a disability. Although Dr. Orentlicher claims assisted suicide is not designed “to hasten the deaths of the disadvantaged,” and references the “absence......
11 December, 2016
As a patient suffering from Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type II, Wisconsin teenager Jerika Bolen spent most of her time in a wheelchair using a ventilator to breathe. She decided to end treatment and died in late September, spurring a new round of the right-to-die debate.......
16 November, 2016