In the week from June 8 to June 14, 2015:
- A hearing was held in the Tennessee Senate Health and Welfare Committee on a proposed bill as part of the summer study process.
- The positive media fallout from the successful California Senate vote on SB 128 continued.
- Maine legislature geared toward the vote on a proposed Death with Dignity bill.
- Meaningful progress on Death with Dignity legislation in New York appeared doubtful, though there are now four bills, two apiece in the Assembly and the Senate, pending.
- A vigorous debate of Death with Dignity unfolded in Tennesse in parallel with the hearing on the state’s proposed bill.
California
- “Yes to death with dignity,” San Diego City Beat, 6/10/2015
- “Death Without Dignity,” The New York Times Opinionator, 6/10/2015
- “Monning’s aid-in-dying bill makes progress,” San Luis Obispo New Times, 6/10/2015
Maine
- “Maine to step into debate over ‘death-with-dignity’ laws,” Washington Times & Portland Press Herald via Associated Press, 6/14/2015
- “State Senator agrees to sponsor end-of-life legislation,” WCSH Portland-NBC, 6/14/2015
New York
- “Editorial: End-of-life needs calm consideration,” Times Herald Record, 6/10/2015
- “OPINION: In support of end-of-life options,” Brooklyn Eagle, 6/12/2015
Tennessee
- “Tennessee joins national debate on assisted suicide,” The Tennesseean, 6/8/2015
- “Physician-assisted death law in TN is anything but certain,” The Tennesseean, 6/9/2015
- “John Jay Hooker pleads for physician-assisted suicide,” KSL via Associated Press, 6/9/2015
- “Attorney John Jay Hooker pushes for ‘death with dignity’ legislation,” WMCTV-NBC, 6/9/2015
- “Tennessee lawmakers discuss assisted suicide laws,” WCYB-NBC, 6/10/2015
- “A good life deserves a good death,” The Tennesseean, 6/10/2015
- “Death with dignity issue goes before Tenn. Senate committee,” WKRN-ABC, 6/10/2015
- “Tennessee lawmakers hear testimony on “Death with Dignity” bill,” WJHL-CBS, 6/11/2015
- “From the news director: Terminally ill struggle to write own endings,” Daily News Journal, 6/13/2015
Other Stories
- “I want a human out, a good death, and the knowledge that, to the end, my life is my own.” “Get Out While We Can: Aid in Dying and Diane Rehm,” Disruptive Women in Health Care, 6/3/2015
Featured image by Jason de Villa.
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