In the week from January 30 to February 5, 2017:
- The President nominated Neil Gorsuch to fill a vacancy on the US Supreme Court; Judge Gorsuch is the author of a book arguing against “assisted suicide” titled, The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia.
- New Mexico House Health and Human Services Committee passed an aid in dying bill on a 4 to 3 vote.
California
- “Berkeley Doctor Wants to Help California Patients, Hospices with Aid-in-Dying Law,” The Lancet United States of Health Blog, 2/1/2017
- “How one viral video helped make aid-in-dying possible in California,” KALW, 2/2/2017
District of Columbia
- “D.C. urges Congress to allow Death with Dignity, calls act a local matter,” Washington Times, 1/31/2017
- “D.C. Leaders To Congress: Don’t Block Our Death With Dignity Act,” WAMU, 1/31/2017
New Mexico
- “‘Aid in dying’ legislation up for debate,” KOB4, 2/1/2017
- “Right-to-die bill advances in New Mexico Legislature,” KRQE via Associated Press, 2/3/2017
- “New Mexico Bill to Decriminalize Assisted Suicide Moves Ahead in the House,” KRWG, 2/3/2017
- “‘Aid in dying’ bill advances after emotional hearing,” NM Political Report, 2/3/2017
- “End Of Life Options Bill Moves Forward In Statehouse,” Los Alamos Daily Post, 2/5/2017
Elsewhere
- Colorado: “Finding The Right Drug Cocktail For Aid-In-Dying,” CPR, 1/20/2017
- New Jersey: “Paramus Assemblyman: Terminally Ill Deserve Compassion,” Paramus Daily Voice, 2/3/2017
- New York: “Words Matter,” StickIt2Stage4, 2/1/2017
- Vermont: “End-of-life choice at risk,” Barre Montpellier Times Argus, 2/1/2017
Other Stories
On the Gorsuch nomination:
- Featuring our take on the nomination:
- “Backers of right to die fear Trump Supreme Court nominee,” Washington Post via Associated Press, 2/1/2017
- “Death with Dignity National Center worries about impact of Judge Gorsuch,” KTVL-CBS, 2/1/2017
- “Calif. Aid In Dying Advocates Wary Of Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court Nominee,” Capital Public Radio, 2/2/2017
- “Assisted suicide advocates say Trump’s SCOTUS pick is “truly troubling”,” Quartz, 2/3/2017
- Other coverage
- “Trump’s Supreme Court pick is deeply opposed to assisted suicide,” STAT News, 1/31/2017
- “Neil Gorsuch wrote the book on assisted suicide. Here’s what he said.” Washington Post, 2/1/2017
- “For Judge Gorsuch, It’s ‘Assisted Suicide,’ Not ‘Death With Dignity’,” Huffington Post, 2/1/2017
- “Gorsuch’s Case Against Assisted Suicide,” Wall Street Journal, 2/1/2017
- “Neil Gorsuch is a strong critic of assisted suicide, but that may not matter on the high court,” America, 2/1/2017
- “‘Death with Dignity’ to Face Hurdles Under Gorsuch,” U.S. News & World Report, 2/2/2017
- “Neil Gorsuch Is Against Death with Dignity,” The Stranger, 2/3/2017
- “Trump’s Supreme Court pick is deeply opposed to assisted suicide,” PBS Newshour, 2/4/2017
- “Oregon Sen. Wyden Troubled By Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee,” OPB, 2/5/2017
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