CORRECTION/OMISSION: Disability Rights Perspectives in Feb. 27 “Death with Dignity” Coverage

Hello,

Please forward the following critique to your editorial team. I request that it be published/handled under my pen name, Tina Antonis.

---

In Ryan Lynch’s Feb. 27 WKOW report on Wisconsin’s “Death with Dignity” bill, opposition was presented as exclusively religious. That framing omits the long‑standing, secular objections raised by disability‑rights groups who have documented the risks of misdiagnosis, insurance incentives, and medical bias.

Organizations such as Not Dead Yet, the National Council on Independent Living, and the Autistic Self Advocacy Network have raised these concerns for decades. Their objections are not theological; they are grounded in lived experience within a for-profit healthcare system that often devalues disabled lives.

When reporting excludes these perspectives, it distorts public understanding and reduces a complex policy debate to a false binary. Wisconsin residents deserve coverage that reflects the full range of voices affected by this legislation.

Sincerely, 

Tina Antonis

Previously:

Wisconsin’s new ‘Death with Dignity’ bill stirs debate over end-of-life choices +