DREDF is a leading national civil rights law and policy center directed by individuals with disabilities.
Dec 9, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
DREDF applauds the 12/07/22 order of District Court Judge Vince Chhabria dismissing, with prejudice, a federal case seeking to legalize euthanasia in California by eliminating the self-administration requirement in the State's End-of-Life Options Act (ELOA) (1/5)
Shavelson v. CA Dept of Health Care Services (3:21-cv-06654), was a misguided attempt to use #DisabilityRights laws to eliminate the requirement that a person seeking to end their life under ELOA have "the physical and mental ability to self-administer” aid-in-dying drugs (2/5)
I am writing on behalf of Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF). We are a leading national civil rights law and policy center directed by disabled people and parents who have children with disabilities.
During an interview on Good Morning America on January 7, 2022, in response to a question about the encouraging findings from a study showing that severe COVID and death were rare among people who are fully vaccinated, you responded:
