In my healthcare career in service to people with apparent, and non-apparent
disabilities and to older adults, I am deeply concerned about why legislation to
legalize physician-assisted suicide in Minnesota is especially harmful to people
with disabilities and also to older adults. The proposed bill would exacerbate
many complex problems in healthcare, and would result in the devaluation of
people with disabilities and older adults.
Physician-assisted suicide is opposed by the National Council on Independent
Living, the National Council on Disability and the American Medical Association.
In my role as Executive Director of Metropolitan Center for Independent Living,
we provide services to people with apparent and nonapparent disabilities in
advancing independent living. I join these national organizations and the
Minnesota Alliance for Ethical Healthcare in opposition to this harmful
legislation that has the potential to place in great risk people with
disabilities and older adults.
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- Melchert-Dinkel, Drybrough and Kajouji
Thursday, January 4, 2024
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Assisted Suicide Is a Danger to Us All
Written By: Paul Stark | 10:30 am, Mar. 9, 2021
Arne Carlson says that Minnesota should legalize assisted suicide (“Medically assisted death is not a partisan issue,” March 2). He says the proposed bill to do so contains adequate safeguards. He’s wrong.
The legislation includes no safeguards once the lethal drug has been dispensed. And it doesn’t guard against the pressure insurers may exert if they offer to cover suicide but not life-extending treatment. That’s happened in some states that already have assisted suicide laws.
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