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PATIENTS’ RIGHTS
ACTION FUND
Pro-Patient, Anti-Assisted Suicide
Foundational Basics in Opposing
the Legalization of Assisted Suicide
August 18, 2015
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. (ET)
Featuring:
ALEX SCHADENBERG
MARILYN GOLDEN
TIM ROSALES
Executive Director,
Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
Policy Analyst, Disability Rights
Education Defense Fund
Political Director,
Patients Rights Action Fund
Focusing on the Issues
The Why and How of Opposing
Assisted Suicide Laws
Planning and Organizing Against
Assisted Suicide
•How do the assisted suicide
laws work in Oregon and
Washington State?
•Are depressed people dying
by assisted suicide in Oregon?
•Does the Oregon assisted
suicide law ensure patient
choice? Consent?
•Where does data on assisted
suicide deaths come from?
•Why oppose assisted suicide
laws
•We need everyone
•Know your audience
•Most effective messengers
•Working in cross-constituency
coalitions
•Past case studies – Looking
at Washington/Oregon,
Massachusetts, California
•The approach: Legislation,
ballot measures, lawsuits
•Strategy before tactics
•Avoiding pitfalls
Register here!
Special thanks to Great Lakes ADA Center for providing an accessible webinar
platform for the greatest availability for anyone who may want to participate.