Week 40/2016 in the Death with Dignity Movement

In the week from October 3 to October 9, 2016:

• The Committee on Health and Human Services of the Council of the District of Columbia passed a Death with Dignity bill on a 3 to 2 vote. The bill now moves to the full Council for the first of two required votes on October 18.
• New Jersey Assembly Appropriations Committee passed A2451, Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act.

Colorado

• “EDITORIAL: Dying with dignity is a right Prop 106 will ensure — VOTE YES,” Aurora Sentinel, 10/5/2016
• “Why should terminal patients have to leave Colorado to seek a peaceful death?” Denver Post, 10/8/2016

District of Columbia

• “Assisted suicide legislation faces key vote in D.C. Council,” Washington Post, 10/4/2016
• “‘Death With Dignity’ Bill Advances To Full D.C. Council,” WAMU, 10/5/2016
• “DC Council votes in favor of ‘Death With Dignity’ bill,” Fox5, 10/5/2016
• “D.C. Lawmakers Advance Right-to-Die Bill By Margin of One,” Washington City Paper, 10/5/2016
• “Guest Post: Let Me Die My Way,” Washington City Paper, 10/5/2016
• “‘An act of kindness’: Medical aid-in-dying legislation advances in the District,” Washington Post , 10/5/2016

New Jersey

• “Physician-Assisted ‘Aid in Dying’ Up for Debate Again in NJ,” NJ Spotlight, 10/4/2016
• “You should decide how you want to die. Not the state.” Star Ledger / NJ.com, 10/6/2016
• “Bill that would legalize assisted suicide in N.J. clears Assembly committee,” NorthJersey.com, 10/6/2016
• “NJ weighs assisted suicide for terminally ill,” Asbury Park Press, 10/7/2016 (also published at MyCentralJersey.com)
  

Elsewhere

• New Hampshire: “On his own terms: Death with dignity advocate dies after three-year battle with colon cancer,” Concord Monitor, 10/8/2016
• New York: “Clergy support Death with Dignity legislation,” Spotlightnews.com, 10/4/2016