35 Years After the ADA: Voices of Resistance to Medical Assisted Suicide
In honor of ADA’s 35th anniversary, PAMAS (Progressives Against Medical Assisted Suicide” presents “Thoughts On Medical Assisted Suicide”. This short film can be viewed by clicking on the link below through July 30, 2025:
Hear the personal experiences of peace, justice and labor activists and their first-hand observations of this controversial issue:
“Assisted Suicide is an inherently dangerous policy because it takes a group of people who are already incredibly marginalized by our system and gives institutions/people with power more of a profit.”
“Medical apartheid is going on with communities of color and people with disabilities. The National Institute for Health (in Oct. ‘23) designated people with disabilities as a community that experiences healthcare disparities – and you want to bring assisted suicide into this.”
“Medical Assisted Suicide policies – they promote suicide at the expense of ordinary care.”
“My fear is – what’s happening in Canada – what was meant to be a right or an option in very rare circumstances has become routinized in a short period of time.”