Posted 08 February 2005 - 05:41 AM
Don, you really missed out on a great dinner. We didn't stop gabbing until past midnight!
In any event, just to show how valuable "networking" can be, I'm posting this here, in the "events" forum and the "full member discussion" forum. I think it deserves some serious consideration.
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John, a WTA member who attended our meeting last Saturday in NYC just sent me information which I consider to be a "perfect" venue in which we could make an impact.
I'm going to just post the information he sent to me. I would propose that we attempt to testify at these hearings on behalf of those whom we represent.
I certainly might pursue that avenue on my own (been there/done that and had my entire testimony in favor of reproductive cloning as the lead on the evening news).
However, I think we should attempt to get other groups (like euthanasia groups) to testify as well. We should seek the "broadest ground" by demanding more research into a cure for the disease of aging.
We could present a focused message on one subject or make broad statements supporting therapeutic cloning, research into aging, the right to choose death as/well/as the right to choose life (through cryonic suspension).
If we act quickly, we should be able to get on the list of those scheduled to testify. If they refuse us, all the better. Then we leaflet and demonstrate (that gets even more publicity). In any event, this is an opportunity for us to raise our issues and enter the "public debate".
New York State Task Force on Life & the Law
20th anniversary symposium
"Bioethics and Public Policy Initiatives: Celebrating the Past and
Building the Future"
March 3, 2005
8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Rockefeller University
Caspary Auditorium
1230 York Avenue at 66th Street, New York City
The New York State Task Force on Life & the Law was first convened in
1985 to develop public policy on ethical issues arising from medical
advances.
Task Force reports have addressed many topics, including withholding and
withdrawing life-sustaining treatment, assisted suicide and euthanasia,
assisted reproductive technologies, and organ and tissue
transplantation.
Task Force recommendations have provided the basis for many New York
laws and regulations, have served as models for legislation in other
states, and have been cited in important federal and state court
decisions.
Keynote Address: "What Bioethics Can Learn from AIDS Relief in
Africa"
Mark Barnes, JD, LLM
Partner, Ropes & Gray
Participants:
* John D. Arras, PhD, Porterfield Professor of Biomedical Ethics,
University of Virginia * Donald P. Berens, Jr., JD, General Counsel,
Department of Health, New York State * Carl H. Coleman, JD, Associate
Professor of Law and Director, Health Law & Policy Program, Seton Hall
University School of Law * Nancy Neveloff Dubler, LLB, Director,
Division of Bioethics, Montefiore Medical Center * Alan Fleischman, MD,
Senior Advisor, The New York Academy of Medicine, and Ethics Advisor,
National Children's Study, National Institutes of Health * Samuel
Gorovitz, PhD, Professor of Philosophy, Syracuse University, and
Dearing-Daly Professor of Bioethics and Humanities, SUNY Upstate Medical
University * Tracy E. Miller, JD, General Counsel, Senior Vice
President, Catholic Health Care System * Tia Powell, MD, Executive
Director, New York State Task Force on Life & the Law
A celebratory luncheon will be held in the
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Dining Room at 12:30 p.m.
This event is free and open to the public.
RSVP required for lunch by February 24, 2005 (212-268-6714 or
taskfce@health.state.ny.us).
Tia Powell, MD
Executive Director
New York State Task Force on Life & the Law
5 Penn Plaza, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10001
212-268-6709
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