Last week, from April 5 to April 12, 2015:
- California’s Death with Dignity bill, SB 128, End of Life Option Act, cleared another hurdle in the Senate when it passed in the Judiciary Committee by a partisan vote of 5 to 2. The bill is next headed to the Appropriations Committee in May.
- A proposed bill was heard in a Rhode Island House Committee.
- North Carolina saw a bill introduced for the first time.
- For the third time in as many years, a Death with Dignity bill did not come out for a Committee vote in the Connecticut State Legislature.
- The Nevada bill, Patient Self-Determination Act, will not receive a hearing.
- The Tennessee bill was tabled for interim study.
California
- “Assisted death bill passes Senate Judiciary Committee,” Sacramento Bee, 4/7/2015
- “Lawmakers Again Give Nod to Aid in Dying Bill,” KCET, 4/7/2015
- “Propelled by Brittany Maynard’s story, California considers its own ‘death with dignity’ bill,” Orange County Register, 4/8/2015
Connecticut
- “Aid-in-dying bill is killed in committee,” CT Post, 4/8/2015
- “Aid-In-Dying Bill Unlikely To Win Approval This Year,” Hartford Courant, 4/8/2015
- “Proponents Say Aid-In-Dying Bill Is Dead,” CT News Junkie (reprinted in New Haven Register), 4/8/2015
- “Aid-in-dying bill hasn’t gained sufficient support,” CT Post, 4/9/2015
New York
- “In US, Growing Push for ‘Aid in Dying’ for Terminally Ill,” Voice of America, 4/8/2015
- “Making personal and public choices on dying,” Altamont Enterprise, 4/9/2015
- “Health Link: Dying with Dignity,” WMHT, 4/9/2015
- “Advocates promote physician-assisted death in N.Y.,” Times Union, 4/10/2015
- “Advocates plan push for assisted-suicide bills,” Capital New York, 4/10/2015
Elsewhere
- Minnesota: “Officials consider “aid-in-dying” policy for Minnesota,” Minnesota Daily, 4/6/2015
- Nevada: “‘Death with dignity’ bill dies in Nevada Legislature,” Las Vegas Review Journal, 4/9/2015
- North Carolina: “Death with dignity – area legislator’s bill would start conversation,” HPE News, 4/10/15
- New Hampshire: “End of life legislation gives glimmer of hope for death with dignity,” Concord Monitor, 4/11/2015
- Rhode Island: “Bill in R.I. General Assembly would let terminally ill control own death,” Providence Journal, 4/9/2015
- Tennessee: “Advocates hope study revives death, marijuana bills,” Tennessean, 4/8/2015
Other Stories
- “Administering Death, Terminating Suffering,” Anesthesiology News, April 2015
- “Dying Well Means Dying At Home,” Huffington Post, 4/11/15
- “Choosing Death: Two Religious Perspectives,” Interfaith Voices, 4/9/2015
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The Right to Physician Assisted Suicide - OSHO Sammasati
[…] In addition, the California State Senate Judiciary Committee has passed SB 128, “End of Life Option Act.” The Ventura County Star reported that the bill “seems likely to be passed by the Senate in early June. For the first time, there appears to be a realistic chance that an aid-in-dying bill will advance to the governor’s desk.” Read more… […]
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