Excerpt from: Not Dead Yet (click for full article)
"Well, I’m trying to make it known that the disability rights community has serious concerns about the legalization of euthanization. When you cut through the arguments on each side, there is one fundamental difference. Those people in favor of legalization believe that they can have a choice to end their own life without having an impact on disabled people. The disability rights community, we say that’s naïve; If we legalize euthanasia based on anecdotal end of life experiences, there will be systemic repercussions in terms of our health system, our legal system – it will have a profound detrimental impact on people with disabilities."
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