by APFLI | Jun 2, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
As state legislators across America grapple with proposed laws on euthanasia, South Dakota State Rep. Steve Hickey (R-Sioux Falls) – facing a terminal illness himself – has no qualms sharing exactly where he stands on the issue. Yesterday, Rep. Hickey sent a letter in...
by APFLI | May 16, 2015 | Imposed Death - Definitions / Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide / VSED
Diane Coleman is president and CEO of Not Dead Yet, a national disability organization that opposes legalization of assisted suicide. Not Dead Yet is based in Rochester. People are often surprised to learn that all of the major national disability rights groups that...
by APFLI | May 16, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Bioethicists attempting to define people in supposed PVS as “brain dead” and source of organs Many people will have read the story of Rom Houben, the Belgium man who was diagnosed as being in a permanent vegetative state (PVS) for 23 years, but who in fact...
