In the week from January 23 to January 29, 2017:
- Assisted dying bills were introduced in the New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania state legislatures.
- The Hawaii Medical Association changed its position on aid-in-dying legislation from opposed to neutral.
California
- “Legalizing Aid In Dying Doesn’t Mean Patients Have Access To It,” NPR, 1/25/2017
- “Aid-in-Dying Laws Don’t Guarantee That Patients Can Choose To Die,” Kaiser Health News, 1/26/2017
- “SF establishing local policy to align with new ‘aid in dying’ state law,” San Francisco Examiner, 1/29/2017
Colorado
- “As Implementation Questions Swirl, Catholic Hospitals Opt Out Of Colorado’s New Aid-In-Dying Law,” CPR, 1/24/2017
- “More Colorado hospitals opting out of physician-assisted suicide,” 9News-NBC, 1/24/2017
- “Several Colorado health providers opting out of end-of-life options law,” KMGH-ABC, 1/24/2017
- “About 30 hospitals opting out of Colorado’s medical aid-in-dying law,” Denver Post, 1/26/2017″
- “Some Southwest Colorado hospitals won’t offer aid-in-dying drugs,” Durango Herald, 1/26/2017
- “St. Mary-Corwin, Parkview opt out of end-of-life assists,” Pueblo Chieftain, 1/29/2017
Hawaii
- “Civil Beat Editorial: Let The Terminally Ill Exercise Personal Freedom,” Honolulu Civil Beat, 1/23/2017
- “Death With Dignity,” MidWeek, 1/25/2017
- “‘Death with Dignity’: Legislation would give terminally ill option to end life with medication,” Hawaii Tribune Herald, 1/29/2017
- “Lawmakers tackle ‘death with dignity’,” Hawaii Tribune Herald, 1/29/2017
- “HMA shifts toward accepting end of life legislation,” Hawaii Tribune Herald, 1/29/2017
Maryland
- “Third try for the right to die legislation,” Maryland Reporter, 1/25/2017
- “Aid-in-dying advocates rally in Annapolis,” Baltimore Sun, 1/25/2017
- “Maryland Lawmakers Filing ‘End Of Life Options’ Bill,” CBS Baltimore, 1/25/2017
New York
- “NY again considers doctor-assisted suicide,” WGRZ, 1/23/2017
- “Advocates for aid in dying reintroduce bill,” Albany Times Union, 1/23/2017
- “Rochester woman pleads for right to die,” Democrat & Chronicle, 1/23/2017
- “Terminal patients ask New York to legalize help with dying,” WHAM-CBS, 1/23/2017
- “Aid in dying bill submitted again to legislature,” NCPR, 1/24/2017
- “Senate has control of aid in dying law,” Times Herald Record, 1/29/2017
Elsewhere
- D.C.: “DC’s Death with Dignity Law Under Threat,” The Humanist, 1/25/2017
- Massachusetts: “Assisted suicide bill introduced in Mass.,” Wicked Local Cambridge, 1/27/2017
- New Jersey: “Op-Ed: Making the Case for Medical Aid in Dying in New Jersey,” NJ Spotlight, 1/25/2017
- New Mexico: “Lawmakers push for ‘aid in dying’ in NM,” NM Political Report, 1/29/2017
- Vermont: “Betsy : End-of-Life Choice Is a Life-Giving Treatment,” VT Digger, 1/24/2017
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