PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - PRWeb Press Release Account Feed http://www.rsspad.com/rss2a/129817.xml PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - Press Releases en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 Not Dead Yet in the U.K. - Disability Coalition Opposes Assisted Suicide Bill http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/05/prweb383967.htm Disability activists in the U.K. have formed a coalition to voice opposition to Lord Joffe's bill to legalize assisted suicide in the U.K. Not Dead Yet (UK) is a sister organization to the ten-year-old disability rights group in the USA that has been organizing opposition to assisted suicide, euthanasia and other forms of medical killing for the past decade. (PRWeb May 11, 2006)

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]]> Thu, 11 May 2006 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/05/prweb383967.htm Disability Advocates Say Texas 'Futile Care' Law Should Be Euthanized http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/05/prweb379759.htm Disability advocates say that the Texas 'futile care' statute is a violation of patients' rights and autonomy. They suggest the law should be 'euthanized' and replaced by legislation that protects the rights and lives of patients in the health care system. (PRWeb May 2, 2006)

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]]> Tue, 02 May 2006 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/05/prweb379759.htm Disability Activists Mark Schiavo Anniversary, Express Concerns http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/03/prweb363924.htm Disability activists who participated in the fight to prevent the death of Terri Schiavo mark the anniversary of her death. They resolve to continue the battle to promote meaningful safeguards for people under guardianship, but also point out the level of public discussion has deteriorated, even as new evidence for concerns have emerged. (PRWeb Mar 27, 2006)

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]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2006 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/03/prweb363924.htm Statement Regarding NPR Story on Katrina Hospital Killings from National Disability Group http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/02/prweb349217.htm Not Dead Yet, a national disability rights group, comments on a recent NPR story on the investigation into the killing of patients at a New Orleans hospital in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The NPR story makes it clear "compassion" and "mercy" had little to do with the motives in the alleged killings. (PRWeb Feb 21, 2006)

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]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2006 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/02/prweb349217.htm Disability Advocates: Poutre Investigation Must Look Beyond DSS http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/02/prweb339861.htm Not Dead Yet, the national disability rights group, is calling for an investigation into the allegedly shoddy medicine that led to a court order for the removal of life-support from Haleigh Poutre just days after her admission with a severe brain injury. She is now responsive and interactive four months after being declared "virtually brain dead" and in an "irreversible coma." If the court order had not been appealed, Haleigh Poutre would now be dead. (PRWeb Feb 2, 2006)

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]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2006 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/02/prweb339861.htm Disability Activists Criticize Administration and Supreme Court on Assisted Suicide Ruling http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/01/prweb334213.htm Disability rights activists are angered and frustrated by the U. S. Supreme Court and the Dept. of Justice in their handling of Oregon assisted suicide case. The president of the lead organization that filed a disability brief in Gonzales v. Oregon says that both the Department of Justice and the Supreme Court failed in their duties. (PRWeb Jan 18, 2006)

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]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2006 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/01/prweb334213.htm Disability Voices Heard This Year, Despite Media Resistance http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/12/prweb324013.htm Disability rights activists received an almost unprecedented amount of media attention this year. However, the coverage was a fraction of what it should have been, considering how central disability activists were to at least two major national stories. (PRWeb Dec 19, 2005)

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]]> Mon, 19 Dec 2005 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/12/prweb324013.htm Disability Rights Groups to Rally Against Assisted Suicide http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/09/prweb291827.htm Disability activists and advocates will be meeting and speaking in front of the Supreme Court on October 5, at 9:00 am. The court will be hearing oral arguments in its first assisted suicide case since 1997. The case, Gonzales v. Oregon, case No. 04-623, is the federal government’s challenge to Oregon’s assisted suicide law. Disability rights activists decry the discriminatory treatment of suicidal ill, old and disabled people. A Friend Of The Court brief in support of Gonzales was filed on behalf of the following disability organizations: Not Dead Yet, ADAPT, Center on Disability Studies, Law and Human Policy at Syracuse University, Center for Self-Determination, Hospice Patients Alliance, Mouth Magazine/Freedom Clearinghouse, National Council on Independent Living, National Spinal Cord Injury Association, Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered, TASH and the World Institute on Disability. (PRWeb Sep 30, 2005)

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]]> Fri, 30 Sep 2005 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/09/prweb291827.htm MDA Icon Jerry Lewis To Receive Derisive Emmy-ny Award http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/09/prweb285821.htm Angered that Jerry Lewis will receive an award for his work on behalf of people with disabilities at this year’s Emmys, Chicago residents will stage their own red carpet awards ceremony on Friday. People with disabilities in Chicago will present Lewis with an award they believe to be more fitting of his work – the Emmy-ny Award, which recognizes Lewis for the damage he has done to the disability community. (PRWeb Sep 16, 2005)

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]]> Fri, 16 Sep 2005 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/09/prweb285821.htm Disability Group Blasts Associated Press for Inaccurate Reporting http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/08/prweb271079.htm Disability activists are criticizing the Associated Press for inaccurate coverage of euthanasia in the Netherlands. Among other things, AP journalists are conflating "terminal illness" and "disability." (PRWeb Aug 10, 2005)

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]]> Wed, 10 Aug 2005 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/08/prweb271079.htm Disability Activists Blast PBS for ADA Anniversary Promotion of Better Dead than Disabled Film http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/07/prweb265191.htm Disability activists blast PBS for choosing to air a "better dead than disabled" documentary on the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. (PRWeb Jul 25, 2005)

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]]> Mon, 25 Jul 2005 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/07/prweb265191.htm Disability Groups File Amicus Brief with Supreme Court in Gonzales v. Oregon http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/05/prweb237663.htm Eleven prominent disability organizations and one university-based policy center were to file a friend of the court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the Oregon assisted suicide case. Not Dead Yet, the leading national disability rights organization opposing legalization of assisted suicide, is filing the brief. (PRWeb May 9, 2005)

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]]> Mon, 09 May 2005 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/05/prweb237663.htm Terri Schiavo's Death Marks a New Beginning in the Fight for Our Lives, say Disability Activists http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/03/prweb223664.htm The disability community joins the Schindler family in mourning the death of Terri Schiavo. We renew our resolve to continue the battle to promote meaningful safeguards for the thousands of disabled Americans who, like Terri Schiavo, have guardians making life-and-death decisions on their behalf. The dangers to people with disabilities did not begin with the publicized tragedy of Terri Schiavo and they do not end with her death. We need to work together in a nonpartisan way to ensure meaningful support, legal safeguards, and access to medical care for the millions of old, ill and disabled Americans who are endangered on many fronts. (PRWeb Mar 31, 2005)

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]]> Thu, 31 Mar 2005 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/03/prweb223664.htm Disability Advocates Support and Thank Tom Harkin - Schiavo Case is About Disability Rights http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/03/prweb220201.htm Since 26 disability rights groups, led by Not Dead Yet, have supported Terri Schiavo's continued sustenance, it's time for the press to talk to the real experts on the Schiavo case, the disability rights movement. Diane Coleman, the group's founder and president, and Stephen Drake, its research analyst, are available in Chicago to discuss the disability angle on the recent legislative and legal developments in the case. (PRWeb Mar 21, 2005)

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]]> Mon, 21 Mar 2005 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/03/prweb220201.htm Disability Groups Support "Disabled Persons' Lifesaving Habeas Corpus Review Act" http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/03/prweb215915.htm National disability groups support a newly-introduced bill that would provide for habeas corpus review relating to people subject to non-voluntary death through starvation and dehydration. (PRWeb Mar 8, 2005)

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]]> Tue, 08 Mar 2005 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/03/prweb215915.htm Disability Advocates Shocked By Judge Greer’s Order of Execution for Terri Schiavo http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/02/prweb213062.htm Disability Advocates react in shock to Judge Greer's ordering of an execution date for Terri Schiavo, a disabled woman, by means of starvation and dehydration (PRWeb Feb 28, 2005)

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]]> Mon, 28 Feb 2005 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/02/prweb213062.htm Disability Activists Blast Oscars for Awards to "Kill the Cripple" Movies http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/02/prweb213283.htm Hollywood showed its utter contempt for the lives of people with severe disabilities by awarding "best picture" Oscars to two movies featuring sympathetic portrayals of the killing of quadriplegics. (PRWeb Feb 28, 2005)

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]]> Mon, 28 Feb 2005 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/02/prweb213283.htm Disability Activists Call for Moratorium on Starvation and Dehydration http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/02/prweb208826.htm Disability activists call for a moratorium on the starvation and dehydration of people with disabilities. New research indicates many people being killed this way in hospitals may be alert and conscious, but unable to respond. (PRWeb Feb 16, 2005)

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