Week 6/2016 in the Death with Dignity Movement

In the week from February 8 to February 14, 2016:

• A Senate Committee in Iowa heard SF 2051, a Death with Dignity bill, without a vote.
• California advocate for the recently passed End of Life Option Act Christy O’Donnell died.

California

• “Terminally Ill Single Mom Christy O’Donnell Dies of Cancer at Home with Daughter Holding Her Hand,” People, 2/8/2016
• “As Assisted Suicide Becomes Legal, Doctors Wrestle with Power to End Life,” San Francisco Magazine, 2/11/2016

Colorado

• “Lawmakers debate 2 ways to make death easier in Colorado,” The Colorado Independent, 2/8/2016
• “‘End-of-Life-Options’ Bill Survives House Committee, Law Week Colorado, 2/11/2016
• “Allow end-of-life options,” Pueblo Chieftain, 2/13/2016
• “Yes, Colorado should pass the End-of-Life Options Act,” Denver Post, 2/13/2016

Iowa

• “Iowa lawmakers considering ‘death with dignity’ law,” KCCI-CBS, 2/8/2016
• “Iowa Considers ‘Death With Dignity’ Law,” Life Matters Media, 2/9/2016
• “‘Death with dignity’ bill sparks emotional Iowa Senate debate,” Des Moines Register, 2/10/2016
• “Iowa lawmakers proposing death with dignity,” KWQC, 2/12/2016

New York

• “Group seeks to legalize assisted suicide in New York,” WHEC-NBC, 2/9/2016
• “Should New York have an ‘aid-in-dying’ law?,” Press Connects, 2/9/2016
• “Bill lets terminal patients get aid in dying,” Times Union, 2/10/2016

Utah

• “Utah Legislature again faces question of allowing physician aid in dying,” St George News, 2/9/2016
• “Flagged Bill – HB 264 – End of Life Options Act – Rep. Chavez-Houck,” Utah Political Capitol, 2/10/2016

Elsewhere

• Maryland: “Md. lawmakers to debate ‘Death with Dignity’ bill,” WLBZ-NBC, 2/11/2016

Other Stories

• “Candidates avoid the aid in dying debate, but it’s time to start talking about it,” The Guardian, 2/9/2016
• “I was sure that legalizing aid in dying was the right thing to do. Then I met Bad Cripple,” Salon, 2/14/2016

Featured image by Mustafa Khayat.