Week 4/2016 in the Death with Dignity Movement

In the week from January 25 to January 31, 2016:

• A Death with Dignity bill was (re)introduced in Iowa and in Maryland.
• The Hartford Courant reported Connecticut is unlikely to see a Death with Dignity bill this session.
• Colorado readied for the introduction of its own Death with Dignity bill.

Colorado

• “Assisted suicide bill to be proposed in Colorado next week,” Denver Post, 1/28/2016
• “Renewed Push For ‘Death With Dignity’ Bill At State Capitol,” CBS Denver, 1/28/2016
• “PERRY: Colorado assisted-suicide bill is about choice — yours, not the government’s,” Aurora Sentinel, 1/29/2016
• “Letter: Coloradans need aid-in-dying option,” Coloradoan, 1/30/2016
• “Should Colorado legislature legalize physician-assisted suicide? (3 letters),” Denver Post, 1/31/2016

Iowa

• “Legislators introduce ‘Death with Dignity Act’,” We Are Iowa, 1/27/2016
• “Iowans Testify for Death with Dignity Act,” WhoTV-NBC, 1/27/2016

Maryland

• “Lawmakers, supporters renew push for end-of-life options for terminally ill,” Frederick News-Post, 1/28/2016
• “Group tweaks bills to allow terminally ill people to end their lives,” WBAL-TV/NBC, 1/28/2016
• “Maryland Supporters Of Right-To-Die Measure Try Again,” CBS Maryland, 1/28/2016
• “Plan to reintroduce ‘death with dignity’ bill in Md. General Assembly,” Fox News, 1/28/2016
• “Physician-assisted suicide legislation not dead yet,” Baltimore Post Examiner, 1/29/2016

Tennessee

• “Dying with dignity bill still on file after Hooker’s death,” WKRN-ABC, 1/25/2016
• “John Jay Hooker Jr., Political Gadfly and Perennial Litigant, Dies at 85,” New York Times, 1/27/2016
• “‘Death With Dignity’ After John Jay Hooker,” Nashville Scene, 1/28/2016
• “The roller-coaster life of John Jay Hooker comes to a close,” Nashville Scene, 1/28/2016
• “Should ‘Death with Dignity’ be an option in Tennessee?,” Johnson City Press, 1/31/2016

Elsewhere

• Connecticut: “Aid in Dying Bill Unlikely to be Raised This Year,” Hartford Courant, 1/27/2016
• New York: “Right to die is tricky,” Newsday, 1/27/2016

Featured image by Darren Hester.