In the week from June 13 to June 19, 2016:
- Implementation continued in California of the the End of Life Option Act. Patients made their first oral requests for medications under the law.
- A Utah legislative committee head a proposed Death with Dignity bill as part of its summer study session.
California
- “Could Doctors’ Suit Kill California’s Physician-Assisted Suicide Law?” FindLaw.com, 6/14/2016
- “Will California’s New Right-To-Die Law Inspire A National Movement?,” Think Progress, 6/14/2016
- “Berkeley aid-in-dying clinic combats ‘assisted suicide underground’,” J Weekly, 6/16/2016
- “Priced Out Of Dying In California,” Huffington Post, 6/17/2016
- “Napa’s medical community considers physician-assisted suicide,” Napa Valley Register, 6/19/2016
- “We welcome but don’t cheer End of Life Option Act,” Sacramento Bee, 6/19/2016
Utah
- “‘End of Life Options Act’ could bring medical-aid-in-dying to terminally ill Utah patients,” KUTV-CBC, 6/15/2016
- “Utah lawmakers hear case for death with dignity act,” Deseret News, 6/15/2016
Elsewhere
- New Mexico: “Reader View: Aid in dying — a good public health policy,” Santa Fe New Mexican, 6/18/2016
- New York: “Letter: Aid-in-dying more about life choices,” TimesUnion.com, 6/14/2016
Other Stories
- “How assisted suicide is gradually becoming lawful in America,” The Economist, 6/13/2016
- “Physician-assisted death: A door worth walking through,” GeriPal, 6/15/2016
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