In the week from August 8 to August 21, 2016:
- More and more stories continued to emerge from California about the first terminally ill people using the new End of Life Option Act.
- A Death with Dignity bill was introduced in Michigan at a one-day summer legislative session.
- A physician-assisted dying measure, Initiative 145, qualified for the November ballot in Colorado.
California
- “What I Learned Helping My Sister Use California’s New Law to End Her Life,” Voice of San Diego, 8/9/2016
- “Terminally ill woman holds party before ending her life,” San Diego Union Tribune via Associated Press, 8/11/2016 (also published under different headlines at FOX News, New York Post, People, and other outlets)
- “Op-Ed – My aunt’s struggle with assisted suicide: There was death, but not enough dignity,” Los Angeles Times, 8/14/2016
- “The Art of Departure,” Medium, 8/15/2016 (also published under a different title at Vox)
- “San Diego Writer Shares Terminally Ill Sister’s ‘Rebirth Party’,” KPBS, 8/15/2016
- “With barbiturates and martini, Sonoma man among first Californians to die under end-of-life law,” Sacramento Bee, 8/15/2016
- “A terminally ill woman had one rule at her end-of-life party: No crying,” Washington Post, 8/16/2016 (reprinted in the Chicago Tribune)
- “California patients and providers face roadblocks as new aid-in-dying law takes effect,” Modern Healthcare, 8/17/2016
- “End of Life Options: And why we might not have them in Humboldt,” North Coast Journal, 8/18/2016
- “Don’t take away peaceful death option for dying Californians: Guest commentary,” Los Angeles Daily News, 8/19/2016
- “Bay Area Man One of First to Choose ‘Death with Dignity’,” NBC Bay Area, 8/19/2016
Colorado
- “Aid-in-dying measure makes Colorado ballot for November,” Denver Post, 8/15/2016
- “‘Medical aid in dying’ proposal makes Colorado ballot,” Website of the Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams, 8/15/2016
- “Assisted suicide initiative makes Colorado ballot,” The Gazette, 8/15/2016
- “Aid in Dying initiative qualifies for November ballot,” Colorado Independent, 8/15/2016
- “Colorado to vote on assisted suicide in November,” Reuters, 8/15/2016
- “Aid In Dying Measure Qualifies For Colorado Ballot,” CPR, 8/15/2016
- “Colorado will be the next state to vote on doctor-assisted dying,” The Economist, 8/16/2016
- “Legislator not surprised aid in dying was placed on ballot,” Colorado Statesman, 8/17/2016
Michigan
- “Bill legalizing assisted suicide gets new life in Lansing,” Detroit Free Press, 8/13/2016
- “Secular Advocacy Group Calls on Michigan Lawmakers to Pass Death with Dignity Bill,” Secular News Network, 8/15/2016
- “Proposed Michigan law would allow doctor-assisted suicide,” WNEM, 8/16/2016
- “Michigan legislator introduces bills to legalize physician-assisted suicide,” WWMT (CBS), 8/16/2016
- “Law introduced would legalize physician-assisted suicide in Michigan,” WILX (NBC), 8/17/2016
Elsewhere
- New Jersey: “N.J. needs to allow terminally ill the right to die,” NJ.com/Times of Trenton, 8/10/2016
- Pennsylvania: “Why dying with dignity needs to be legalized in Pennsylvania,” Lancaster Online, 8/21/2016
Other Stories
- “I’m a Christian With Stage IV Cancer. I Want Death With Dignity.” TIME, 8/10/2016 (also published at xoJane)
Featured photo by Jinx!
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