In the week from February 22 to February 28, 2016:
- The Nebraska House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on a proposed Death with Dignity bill.
- Physician-assisted dying bills stalled in Arizona (Senate Health and Human Services Committee) and Colorado (House floor), and a bill was tabled in Utah.
- We learned that both the Hawaii Senate and the House bills failed to meet a deadline for a hearing to be scheduled and are now done for this year.
- We also learned that the special legislative session in which the California End of Life Option Act was passed will be open for “at least a few more weeks.”
California
- “Tobacco tax push to delay assisted death law,” Sacramento Bee, 2/23/2016
- “Death with dignity,” The East County Californian, 2/24/2016
Colorado
- “End of Life Options bill pulled before Colorado House debate,” Denver Post, 2/24/2016
- “Death With Dignity bill killed,” Grand Junction Sentinel, 2/24/2016
Maryland
- “End-of-Life Option bill sparks emotional debate about personal rights, suicide,” MarylandReporter.com, 2/22/2016
- “The “Aid in Dying” Debate,” WYPR-NPR, 2/23/2016
- “Choosing how to end it all,” Frederick News Post, 2/24/2016
- “Proponents of physician-assisted suicide face tough questioning in Maryland Senate hearing,” Catholic Review, 2/26/2016
Nebraska
- “Nebraska committee considers aid-in-dying legislation,” KETV-ABC, 2/24/2016
- “Strong emotions on aid in dying bill,” Lincoln Journal Star, 2/24/2016
New York
- “Maynard’s widower in Albany to urge ‘aid in dying’ law,” Times Union, 2/24/2016
- “Making the case to lawmakers for the right-to-die,” WNYT, 2/24/2016
- “Husband of Brittany Maynard Lobbies for NY Right-to-Die Bill,” ABC News, 2/25/2016
- “Supporters, Opponents Argue the Merits of Aid in Dying Bills,” WXXI News, 2/26/2016
- “Supporters, Opponents Debate Aid In Dying,” WAMC, 2/26/2016
Utah
- “Lawmakers Put Off Physician-Assisted Suicide Bill for Another Year,” KUER, 2/25/2016
- “Utah legislature tables “Death with Dignity” bill,” KNRS, 2/26/2016
- “Op-ed: End-of-life bill is about honoring dying patients’ wishes, not a ‘right to kill’,” Salt Lake Tribune, 2/27/2016
Elsewhere
- Arizona: “Senate bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide stalled in legislature,” Cronkite News, 2/23/2016
- Hawaii: “Hawaii Balks At ‘Death With Dignity’,” Honolulu Civil Beat, 2/23/2016
- Iowa: “Column: When death would be kinder, allow the option,” Des Moines Register, 2/26/2016
- Massachusetts: “State can and will adopt Death with Dignity,” Cape Cod Times, 2/24/2016
Other Stories
- “Should People Who Are ‘Only’ Severely Depressed Be Eligible for Physician-Assisted Suicide?” New York Magazine – Science of Us, 2/23/2016
- “County native addresses end-of-life issues in new book ‘The Good Death’,” Lancaster Online, 2/25/2016
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