Week 35/2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement

Last week, from August 24 to August 30, 2015:

• The California End of Life Option Act, introduced in the state Assembly’s extraordinary legislative session on healthcare, made its way through the legislature; a hearing in the special Health Committee is scheduled for September 1.
• The conservative columnist George Will endorsed Death with Dignity in his Washington Post op-ed, one more testimony to the fact that the issue transcends political boundaries.

California

• “Mercury News editorial: Death with dignity bill would have saved Jennifer Glass from drowning,” San Jose Mercury News, 8/24/2015
• “Right-to-Die Advocates Target Das Williams,” Santa Barbara Independent, 8/23/2015
• “Are Poor Patients in California More Likely to Choose Assisted Suicide?,” SF Weekly, 8/26/2015
• “Californians can’t wait for end-of-life options: Guest commentary,” Los Angeles Daily News, 8/26/2015
• “Right-to-die supporters rally outside Gatto’s office,” Glendale News-Press, 8/28/2015
• “A second chance to do right by the terminally ill,” Sacramento Bee, 8/30/2015

Elsewhere

• Maine: “Editorials: The pressing end-of-life conversation Mainers should be having,” Bangor Daily News, 8/24/2015
• New Mexico: “Editorial: Court dissent shows need to revisit aid in dying law,” Albuquerque Journal, 8/26/2015
• Oregon: “Plaintiffs seek review of aid in dying decision,” The Daily Astorian, 8/24/2015

Image by Jon S.