Assisted Suicide: The Social Justice Perspective from #LPJ17
Assisted suicide has been on my mind ever since Washington DC took steps to legalize the act in 2016. The fact that it wasn’t on my radar before is a luxury of my health. For Americans with disabilities, it is a constant threat to their dignity. Starting about 20 years ago, disability groups began speaking out and forming official positions against assisted suicide. Many accused those with disabilities of “meddling” and trying to “take away” the rights of those with disabilit