Week 15/2016 in the Death with Dignity Movement

In the week from April 11 to April 17, 2016:

• Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced a physician-assisted dying law in the federal House.

Illinois

• “Terminally ill man makes desperate plea for medical-aid-in-dying legislation,” FOX News Latino, 4/13/2016
• “Commentary: A Chicago man’s wish: ‘I pray to God that He takes me soon’,” Chicago Tribune, 4/14/2016

Canada

• “Canadian Prime Minister Seeks to Legalize Physician-Assisted Suicide,” New York Times, 4/14/2016
• “Canada announces new assisted suicide law, but Americans can’t travel there to die,” Los Angeles Times, 4/14/2016
• “Canada moves to rule out suicide tourism,” BBC, 4/14/2016
• “Canadian assisted suicide bill would exclude Americans,” USA Today, 4/14/2016
• “Legalizing Assisted Suicide in Canada,” The Atlantic, 4/14/2016
• “Canada’s New Assisted Suicide Bill Doesn’t Allow Visitors,” Associated Press, 4/14/2016 (alternative link)
• “Canadian government proposes assisted-suicide law for those ‘suffering intolerably’,” Washington Post, 4/14/2016
• “Canada Introduces Doctor-Assisted Suicide Law,” Wall Street Journal, 4/14/2016
• “Canada’s Government Introduces Bill To Legalize Physician-Assisted Dying,” NPR, 4/14/2016
• “Canada’s Assisted Suicide Law Doesn’t Go Far Enough, Some Say,” VICE News, 4/15/2016
• “Doctor-assisted death legislation criticized for forbidding advanced directives,” CBC, 4/15/2016

Elsewhere

• California:“California’s Aid-in-dying Law Takes Effect in June,” KCET/SoCal Connected, 4/14/2016
• Oregon: “The Cost Of Death With Dignity,” KLCC, 4/14/2016
• Texas: A video recording of our friend Cindy Merrill’s presentation at a Humanists of Houston meeting. “Cindy Merrill: Death with dignity (Humanists of Houston November 2015),” Humanists of Houston, 4/13/2016

Other Stories

• “All individuals are entitled to a good death, and in order to provide the best care possible it is essential that we are listening to our patients’ voices, honoring their wishes, and providing excellent end-of-life care.” Read more: “Approaching Death With Dignity,” Psychiatry Advisor, 4/11/2016
• A question triggered by news out of Canada. “Is aid in dying humane or sacrilegious?” The Guardian US, 4/15/2016
• “The Right to Die (With Dignity),” The Houghton Star, 4/14/2016
• “In the Hospital, Resisting the Urge to Do More,” The New York Times, 4/14/2016
• “What’s the meaning of ‘suicide’ for the terminally ill?,” Des Moines Register, 4/17/2016

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