23 April 2013, WINNIPEG, MB
According to
media reports, Susan Griffiths’ assisted suicide will likely occur on Thursday
(25 April 2013) at a Dignitas Clinic in Switzerland. Members of the Canadian disability community,
who oppose assisted suicide, are available to discuss their concerns about
assisted suicide with the media on Wednesday (24 April 2013) and Thursday (25
April 2013). Their contact information
is listed below.
Attached you
will find “Suicide Celebration Instead
of Suicide Prevention”, an Op-Ed article by Amy Hasbrouck of Toujours
Vivant - Not Dead Yet Canada, a project of CCD. In her article, Hasbrouck questions why Griffiths has not been offered
suicide prevention support. The Council
of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) is a national organization of people with
disabilities working for an accessible and inclusive Canada.
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The following are available to discuss the
Susan Griffiths case:
Amy Hasbrouck, Toujours Vivant – Not
Dead Yet (Canada), Tel.: 450-921-3057, Email: tigrlily61@gmail.com (Available for interviews in French and
English.)
Laurie Beachell, CCD National Coordinator,
Tel.: 204-947-0303, Email: laurie@ccdonline.ca
Dean Richert, Co-chair CCD Ending of
Life Ethics Committee, Tel.: (204) 989-2775, Email: drichert@odgb.mb.ca
Dr. Nancy Hansen, PhD, Director,
Interdisciplinary Master’s Program, University of Manitoba, Tel.: 204-474-6458,
Email: Nancy.Hansen@ad.umanitoba.ca
Ruth Enns, Author, Tel.:
204-831-7952, Email: ruthenns@mymts.net
Clare Simpson, Tel.:
204-947-0303, Email: clare@ccdonline.ca
Colleen Watters, Chairperson, MLPD Ethics
Committee, Tel.:204-945-5304, Email: cpwatters@shaw.ca
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