Week 25/2016 in the Death with Dignity Movement

In the week from June 20 to June 26, 2016:

• A signature gathering drive was launched in Colorado to put an End of Life Options Act, a Death with Dignity bill, on the November ballot.
• A new Gallup poll finds support for physician-assisted dying holding steady, at 69% of US population.

California

• “Area hospitals draw line in sand for aid-in-dying law,” Ventura County Star, 6/21/2016
• “Physician-assisted death law raises hard questions for medical professionals,” Jewish Journal, 6/22/2016

Colorado

• “What’s on this 80-year-old cancer patient’s bucket list? Helping to pass aid-in-dying.,” The Colorado Independent, 6/21/2016
• “Colorado aid-in-dying ballot effort kicks off,” The Durango Herald, 6/21/2016
• “‘End of Life Options’ kicks off campaign in Colorado,” Denver Post, 6/21/2016

Elsewhere

• Kansas: “Letter: Bill allowing death with dignity is a win for all sides,” Topeka Capital Journal/cjonline.com, 6/25/2016

Other Stories

• “I didn’t like it, but this was the death she chose,” Washington Post, 6/20/2016
• “Euthanasia Still Acceptable to Solid Majority in U.S.,” Gallup, 6/24/2016

Featured image by Wolfram Burner.