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A Marine’s Legacy for Life Fighting Assisted Suicide in New York Can Still Inspire — and Challenge Us

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31.07.2026

Yesterday, as I mentioned in some temporary good news about nuns in New York getting a temporary religious-freedom reprieve from the state’s new assisted-suicide law, there was also bad news: Dismissal of an appeal from disabilities groups arguing that the law violates equal protection and harms people with disabilities (now, and elsewhere on your medical records).  

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I mention more about it in The Lifeline today, and I also interviewed Matt Valliere from the Institute for Patients’ Rights about it. He’s part of a multistate effort to undo these laws on 14th amendment grounds.  

I didn’t get too much into it — it could have been a whole different, but related conversation — but Matt and I go back. He probably was the one who introduced me years ago to the late J. J. Hanson.  

You might remember J.J. and his wife, Kristen. He was a Marine who served a tour in Iraq. J.J. was........

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