Week 30/2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement

In the week from July 20 to July 26, 2015:

• As legislatures went into summer recesses the Death with Dignity movement entered a “slow news day” period.
• A California judge dismissed one of the two lawsuits challenging the state’s assisted suicide law.

California

• “Terminally ill woman’s assisted-suicide suit likely to be tossed,” SF Gate, 7/24/2015
• “California Judge Throws Out Lawsuit On Medically Assisted Suicide,” NPR, 7/24/2015

District of Columbia and Maryland

• We were greatly saddened to learn of the death of Richard Israel, former Annapolis alderman and advocate for Maryland’s ‪Death with Dignity‬ bill, whose title bore his name: “Former downtown Annapolis alderman Richard Israel dies,” Capital Gazette, 7/21/2015
• “Cheh Spearheads Death With Dignity Legislation,” Washington Informer, 7/22/2015
• “It’s Not That I Want to Die. It’s That I Want to Control My Own Suffering,” Washington City Paper, 7/24/2015
• “Even in D.C., the Death With Dignity Debate Comes With Strong Emotions and Fears,” Washington City Paper, 7/24/2015

New York

• “Killing yourself isn’t always suicide,” Brooklyn Paper, 7/19/2015
• “Assisted suicide a merciful ending,” Times Union, 7/21/2015

Image by Ville Mietinen.