In the week from July 17 to July 23, 2017:
- DC Mayor Bowser announced implementation of the District’s Death with Dignity Act.
District of Columbia
- “Bowser Administration Announces Implementation of the Death with Dignity Act of 2016,” Executive Office of the Mayor, 7/17/2017
- “Republicans in Congress attempt to repeal D.C. assisted suicide law,” USA Today, 7/17/2017
- “Assisted suicide is legal and available in D.C. — for now,” Washington Post, 7/17/2017
- “Death With Dignity Act In Effect In DC; Congress May Repeal,” NBC Washington, 7/17/2017
- “DC allows doctors to prescribe life-ending medications,” WTOP, 7/17/2017
- “Death With Dignity Goes Into Effect In D.C. As Congress Pushes To Repeal It,” WAMU, 7/17/2017
- “Once more, the GOP is set to trample on D.C.’s sovereignty,” Washington Post, 7/20/2017
- “Congressional Republicans Challenge New D.C. Assisted-Suicide Law,” The New American, 7/22/2017
Elsewhere
- California: “Family sues UCSF for agreeing, then refusing to help woman die,” San Jose Mercury News, 7/17/2017
- Hawaii: “Hawaiian judge dismisses medical aid-in-dying lawsuit,” Reuters, 7/17/2017
- Nevada: “Two missed chances,” News Review, 7/20/2017
Other Stories
- “When life is a fate worse than death,” The Guardian, 7/20/2017
One comment.
Sharon Cohen
It is time to allow Death with Dignity, Euthanasia, or Assisted Suicide to remain the law and expand it to other states! Congress does not want to pay for end of life care (or any care given the current political nastiness and loss of morality) but, they do want to meddle in a person’s final wishes. It should be my right to determine what is best for me rather than someone who doesn’t know me,
doesn’t care about me, and just seeks political gain. Pets are treated better than humans. There is something wrong with this picture. I would be willing to pay a “Death with Dignity” tax, if that allows me the final say of my life. It is time to allow us our own choice of life or death.
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