Brownback, Kennedy Reintroduce Pre-natally and Post-natally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act. -July 18, 2007
Eugenics Exhibit Opens Eyes - What possibly could have made it acceptable to forcibly sterilize 7,600 North Carolinians between 1929 and 1974? -July 7, 2007
The Other Story from a 'Pillow Angel' - Been there. Done that. Preferred to grow. -June 15, 2007
Combative Kevorkian Defends Right to Die - Jack Kevorkian promised again not to assist any more suicides but also said he will press for natural rights. -June 5, 2007
Disability Activists Demand Retraction and Correction - Ipsos Poll Question Inaccurate and Misleading. -May 30, 2007
Critical Care Without Consent - Ethicists Disagree On Experimenting During Crises. -May 27, 2007
End-of-life Legislation Dies in Texas House - A proposal to extend life support for medically futile patients did not pass, a victim of legislative deadlines and backroom disputes. -May 14, 2007
Genetic Testing + Abortion = ??? - What does genetic testing and abortion equal? -May 14, 2007
Prenatal Test Puts Down Syndrome in Hard Focus - The parents of children with Down syndrome who worry about their future in the face of broader prenatal testing could reduce the number of those born with the genetic condition. -May 9, 2007
Investigative Report Released on the Ashley Treatment - The findings of an investigation by the Washington State Protection and Advocacy System of the "Ashley Treatment." -May 9, 2007
Gov Perry's Office Responds to AAPD's letter regarding Emilio Gonzales. -April 20, 2007
Senators Hear Passionate Arguments on 'Medical Futility' Proposal - Legislation would require doctors to continue treating patients until another hospital is found. -April 13, 2007
Case Puts Texas Futile-Treatment Law Under a Microscope - Statute Allows for Deadline on Care. -April 11, 2007
Not Dead Yet asks Gov. Perry for “stay of execution” for Emilio Gonzales. -April 10, 2007
AAPD Again Urges Gov. Perry to Intercede for Emilio Gonzales - A letter sent by AAPD’s President and CEO Andrew Imparato. -April 10, 2007
Baby's Life at Stake in Texas Legal Clash - A Texas judge ruling that the boy should not be removed from life-support equipment as the hospital had planned. -April 10, 2007
Temporary Reprieve for Emilio Gonzales - Terminally ill baby gets reprieve from Friday deadline to unhook respirator. -March 21, 2007
Not Dead Yet Supports Efforts to Save Emilio Gonzales - Activist Nick Dupree provides affidavit about the dignity of life as a ventilator user. -March 20, 2007
AAPD urges TX Gov. Perry to Protect Emilio Gonzales - A letter sent by AAPD's President and CEO Andrew Imparato. -March 19, 2007
Disability, Social Justice and Emerging Technologies - Women are choosing embryos which have been selected because they are “free” from genetic markers associated with disability. -March 12, 2007
Exceptional Parent Magazine Position Statement on Ashley X - When the Slippery Slope Becomes a Mudslide. -February 20, 2007
AMA to Meet with Activists Mad about Growth-Stunting Case - The AMA's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs is preparing a report for a June meeting that will address their decision-making. -February 20, 2007
Happy Darwin Day! - Celebrating mankind's discovery of eugenics. -February 15, 2007
One-third of doctors would hasten death of ill newborn - RESEARCH reveals that one in three Australian doctors would hasten the deaths. -February 7, 2007
Swiss Court Ruling Allows Euthanasia For Mentally Ill - People with serious mental illnesses could be helped by doctors to take their own lives, according to a Swiss ruling. -February 5, 2007
The Human Rights of a Disabled Child - (additional letter). -February 2, 2007
The Human Rights of a Disabled Child (2 Letters) - Letters to the Editor re: Peter Singer's Ashley Treatment op-ed. -February 1, 2007
For the Sake of Convenience: A Regrettable Decision - The denial of humanity is neither ethically right nor morally justifiable. -January 31, 2007
Upside of Down syndrome - With prenatal screening for condition on rise, mom works to show positive image. -January 21, 2007
A Convenient Truth - CAN it be ethical for a young girl to be treated as Ashley has? -January 26, 2007
What's Lost in Prenatal Testing - Why Encourage Testing for Down Syndrome. -January 14, 2007
Statement of Solidarity for the Dignity of People with Disabilities - An online Michigan disability community has organized a response to the medical procedures Ashley X has endured. -January 22, 2007
No Room At the Inn - The scandal of Misty Cargill - she needs a kidney transplant. -December 25, 2006
'Embryo Bank' Stirs Ethics Fears - Firm Lets Clients Pick Among Fertilized Eggs. -January 6, 2007
Activists File Complaints, Demand Investigation - Activists protest girl's stunting and condemn surgery to stunt disabled girl's growth. -January 11, 2007
Disability community decries 'Ashley treatment' - Some reactions within the community. -January 11, 2007
House Passes Stem Cell Research Bill - Legislation lacks enough votes to override expected Bush veto. -January 11, 2007
ACTION ALERT: Speak Out About the 'Ashley Treatment' - To oppose what is now known as the “Ashley Treatment,” and to condemn further permission of such “treatments” for children with disabilities. -January 11, 2007
Stem Cell Backers Predict Success in New Congress - Supporters of expanded stem cell legislation predicted victory on Tuesday. -January 9, 2007
Not Dead Yet reacts to "Ashley Treatment" - The series of surgeries and drug regimens would never have been given to a non-disabled female for any reason. -January 6, 2007
The Pillow Angel, Part 2 - Should Ashley stay a child? Nancy Gibbs talks with disability rights advocates, who see a dangerous precedent in the efforts to keep her from growing up. -January 9, 2007
DREDF on the 'Ashley Treatment' - Modify the System not the Person. -January 9, 2007
New Recommendations for Down Syndrome - Call for Screening of All Pregnant Women. -January 8, 2007
More Disability Perspectives on 'Ashley' - Horrible Truths Around the Pillow Angel. -January 7, 2007
Ashley - the disability perspective - What do disabled people, themselves, have to say about the matter? -January 5, 2007
ADAPT reacts to news of 'Ashley Treatment' - Youth members and the entire national membership of ADAPT expressed shock and outrage to the "Ashley Treatment." -January 5, 2007
Frozen In Time: The Disabled Nine-Year-Old Girl Who Will Remain A Child All Her Life. - January 4, 2007
Church of England Supports Baby Euthanasia - The Church of England has joined one of Britain's royal medical colleges in calling for legal euthanasia of seriously disabled newborn babies. -November 12, 2006
Allow 'active euthanasia' for disabled babies, doctors urge - The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecology has put forward the option of permitting mercy killings of the sickest infants to a review of medical ethics. - November 5, 2006
