Meet our New Regional Director, John Kelly
John Kelly [Editor’s Note: John Kelly officially began working for NDY as a Regional Director on September 23. We issued a press announcement on that occasion, but here’s a chance to get to know...
View ArticleColeman Letter to CA Assembly Members Opposing Assisted Suicide Bill; Action...
Versions of the letter below have gone to various California legislative committees and key members. We are down to the wire, with an Assembly vote possible today, but more likely tomorrow (Wed.,...
View ArticleJohn Kelly: Urging California Governor Brown to Veto! Veto! Veto!
FOR AN IMPORTANT UPDATE OF THIS POST, GO JOHN KELLY’S SEPT. 19 BLOG! [Editor’s note: By now, most of you know that assisted suicide proponents ramrodded a bill through the California special session...
View ArticleJohn Kelly: Revised How-To Guide for Urging Veto if CA Assisted Suicide Bill;...
[Editor’s Note: This is an urgent update of John Kelly’s September 13th blog on ways to reach California Governor Jerry Brown to urge him to veto the assisted suicide bill. It’s a bill that failed in...
View ArticleDisability Advocates in Massachusetts Conduct Legislative Briefing Against...
Today, John Kelly led a well attended legislative briefing by disability rights advocates who oppose the state’s assisted suicide bill, H 1991. In anticipation of the legislative committee hearing on...
View ArticleJohn Kelly: Not Dead Yet and Second Thoughts make strong showing at Rhode...
Chair gives “Not Dead Yet” an “A” for best name of the evening Disability rights advocates from Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts testified on March 24 before the House Health Education and...
View ArticleJohn Kelly’s Letter Published in the Cape Cod Times
Not Dead Yet New England Regional Director John Kelly sent a letter to the editor last week after the Cape Cod Times published Rabbi Elias Lieberman’s opinion piece promoting legalized assisted...
View ArticleJohn Kelly & Anita Cameron Begin A Busy Week Opposing Mass. Assisted Suicide...
Tuesday, June 25 begins a busy week for disability advocates opposed to legalization of assisted suicide. The Massachusetts “End of Life Options Act” H.1926/S.1208 will be heard before the Joint...
View ArticleThe Extreme Ableism of Assisted Suicide
I just came across a brilliant letter that John Kelly sent to the Washington, D.C. Council when they were considering an assisted suicide bill in 2016. I should have posted it here then, but I am doing...
View ArticleSecond Thoughts Press Release On Continuing Danger of Massachusetts Assisted...
For Immediate Release: June 2, 2020 Contact: John B. Kelly 617-952-3302, SecondThoughtsKelly@Gmail.com, @2ndThoughtsMA Bill Legalizing Assisted Suicide Remains...
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