Week 46/2016 in the Death with Dignity Movement

In the week from November 14 to November 20, 2016:

• The Council of the District of Columbia again passed, on a second and final of two required votes, the Death with Dignity Act of 2015, by a 11 to 2 margin. The bill now heads to Mayor Muriel Bowser for consideration; the Mayor has indicated she would not veto the bill.

District of Columbia

• “D.C. becomes seventh jurisdiction to allow terminally ill to end their lives,” Washington Post, 11/15/2016
• “D.C. Council approves ‘Death with Dignity’ bill,” WJLA, 11/15/2016
• “D.C. Council Approves ‘Death With Dignity’ Bill for Terminally Ill Patients,” TIME, 11/15/2016
• “‘Death with Dignity’ bill passes in DC, will go to Congress,” Washington Post, 11/15/2016
• “Norton to Defend D.C.’s ‘Death with Dignity Act’ from Congressional Interference,” Press Release from Congresswoman Eleanor Norton, 11/16/2016

Oregon

• “Death with Dignity: The Rowe Family,” KTVL, 11/16/2016
• “Death with Dignity, part 2: the roots of physician-assisted dying in Oregon,” KTVL, 11/16/2016

Elsewhere

• California: “Ventura County sets policies, draws line for aid-in-dying law,” Ventura County Star, 11/15/2016
• Massachusetts: ““Death with Dignity” bill may come back next year,” WWLP, 11/18/2016
• New Mexico: “NM needs death-with-dignity law,” Albuquerque Journal, 11/17/2016

Other Stories

• “A united family can make all the difference when someone is dying,” Washington Post, 11/20/2016

Featured image by Ryan.Berry.