Week 42/2016 in the Death with Dignity Movement

In the week from October 17 to October 23, 2016:

• New Jersey Assembly passed the Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act, a Death with Dignity bill, on a 41 to 28 vote. The vote was nearly identical to that of November 12, 2014, when the New Jersey Assembly passed a similar bill, which then languished in the State Senate.

Colorado

• “Colorado Could Strengthen Aid-in-Dying Movement,” Governing, 10/17/2016
• “Morality and Personal Stories Define The Fight for Proposition 106,” KRCC, 10/19/2016
• “Leaders debate over Medical Aid in Dying, ColoradoCare in CC event,” The Gazette, 10/21/2016
• “Prop 106: Dying patients deserve another option, proponents say,” The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, 10/22/2016
• “Support strong for assisted suicide ballot measure despite opposition,” The Gazette, 10/23/2016
• “Proposition 106 would allow aid-in-dying medication in Colorado,” Durango Herald, 10/23/2016

New Jersey

• “Should NJ allow physician-assisted suicide? Lawmakers to decide,” New Jersey 101.5.com, 10/19/2016
• “NJ Assembly Passes Aid In Dying Bill,” WBGO, 10/20/2016
• “Bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide moves forward in New Jersey,” Philly Voice, 10/20/2016
• “‘Aid in dying’ for terminally ill patients passes N.J. Assembly,” NJ.com/The Times of Trenton, 10/20/2016
• “N.J.’s ‘Aid in Dying’ bill: What you need to know, how your lawmakers voted,” NJ.com/The Times of Trenton, 10/22/2016
• “Editorial: N.J. takes tough first step in allowing terminally ill right to die,” NJ.com/The Times of Trenton, 10/23/2016

Elsewhere

• New York: “Assisted suicide faces uphill fight in New York,” Daily Star, 10/17/2016

Other Stories

• “Are You at Liberty to Die a Dignified Death?” Medium, 10/22/2016

Image by Elena.