In the two weeks from March 20 to April 2, 2017:
- The Hawaii State House of Representatives Committee on Health held a hearing on an assisted dying bill approved by the Senate and deferred it.
- Republican state legislators in Colorado withdrew funding for the reporting mechanism of the new End of Life Options Act from the proposed budget. Later, an amendment from Rep. Lois Court, restored the funding. The Senate passed the budget proposal with the amendment, with the budget headed to the House.
Colorado
- “Next Question: What happens to physician-assisted suicide prescription if it’s unused?” 9News-NBC, 3/21/2017
- “Behind the scenes, Colorado budget shaped by conservative push against Democratic programs: Republican budget writers blocked money to implement the state’s voter-approved Aid-in-Dying measure,” Denver Post, 3/29/2017
- “GOP legislators’ refusal to fund Colorado’s new aid-in-dying law (3 letters),” Denver Post, 3/29/2017
- “Getting to goodbye: An Aurora couple’s struggle to employ Colorado’s new aid-in-dying law,” Denver Post, 4/2/2017
Hawaii
- “Aid-In-Dying: It’s About Defining Choice,” Honolulu Civil Beat, 3/20/2017
- “Lawmakers table controversial ‘death with dignity’ bill following intense debate,” Hawaii News Now, 3/23/2017
- “Lawmakers defer ‘Death with Dignity’ bill for lacking safeguards, specifics,” Hawaii News Now, 3/23/2017
- “House Committee Kills ‘Aid In Dying’ Measure,” Honolulu Civil Beat, 3/23/2017
- “Abercrombie slams House for shelving death bill,” Star Advertiser, 3/25/2017
- “Former governor criticizes lawmakers for deferring ‘Death with Dignity’ bill,” Hawaii News Now, 3/25/2017
Maine
- “The Universal Notebook: The right to death with dignity,” The Forecaster, 3/27/2017
- “Doctor-assisted suicide bill under discussion in Augusta,” WMTW-ABC, 3/31/2017
Oregon
- “Gorsuch is a threat to Oregon’s Death with Dignity (Opinion),” The Oregonian, 3/23/2017
- “Examining the Impact of ‘Death With Dignity’ Legislation: A Conversation With Charles D. Blanke, MD, FACP, FASCO,” ASCO Post, 3/25/2017
Elsewhere
- Arizona: “More States Adopting Some Form Of Physician-Assisted Suicide Policy,” KJZZ, 3/27/2017
- Kansas: “Letter: Rethinking assisted suicide,” The Topeka Capital-Journal, 3/27/2017
- Michigan: “Assisted suicide up for consideration, again,” Detroit Free Press, 4/1/2017
- New York: “An Open Letter To The Bishop Of The Buffalo, NY Diocese From A Terminally Ill Catholic Woman,” Medium, 3/21/2017
Other Stories
- “Aid in Dying: A Declaration of Independence from Terminal Cancer,” LinkedIn Pulse, 3/30/2017
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