In the week from August 31 to September 6, 2015:
- Californians got another step closer to having Death with Dignity as an end-of-life option when the state Assembly’s Extraordinary Session Public Health and Developmental Services Committee on approved AB2X-15, the California End of Life Option Act, on a 10 to 3 vote. The finance committee later approved the bill on a 5 to 3 vote. The bill will be debated and voted on in the full Assembly this week.
- University of California Berkeley’s Institute for Governmental Studies released a poll showing support for the bill now stands at nearly 76%.
- In New Mexico, the State Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments, for October 26, in the lawsuit recently decided by the appeals court which struck down a lower court’s ruling that physician assisted dying was legal in the state.
California
- “Make your voice heard on End of Life Option Act,” Napa Valley Register, 8/31/2015
- “Assisted-death bill passes first Assembly committee,” Sacramento Bee, 9/1/2015
- “Key Assembly panel approves Aid-in-Dying bill for California,” Los Angeles Times, 9/2/2015
- “Doctors’ group opposes changes to proposed aid-in-dying bill,” Los Angeles Times, 9/2/2015
- “Revived California right-to-die bill clears first hurdle in Assembly committee,” San Jose Mercury News, 9/2/2015
- “Aid-in-dying bill advances to Assembly floor for vote next week,” Ventura County Star, 9/4/2015
- “Physician-Assisted Suicide Bill Advances as Backers Add Sunset Clause,” KQED 9/4/2015
- “Amended assisted-death bill heads to Assembly floor,” Sacramento Bee 9/4/2015
- “California right-to-die bill clears finance committee, heads to Assembly floor,” Los Angeles Daily News 9/4/2015
New Mexico
- “New Mexico court schedules arguments on assisted suicide,” KRQE via Associated Press, 9/1/2015
- “Aid-in-dying case to be heard,” Albuquerque Journal, 9/2/2015
Elsewhere
- Arizona: “Bisbee first Arizona city to pass Aid in Dying resolution,” Sierra Vista Herald, 9/2/2015
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