Weeks 24, 26, & 27/2017 in the Death with Dignity Movement

In the three weeks from June 19 to July 9, 2017:

• The California Department of Public Health released figures on the use of the state’s End of Life Option Act in 2016. From June 9 to December 31, 111 Californians exercised their right under the law. Learn more →

California

• “111 terminally ill patients took their own lives in first 6 months of California right-to-die law,” Los Angeles Times, 6/27/2017
• “State: 111 Terminally Ill End Lives Under New California Law,” CBS Sacramento (via Associated Press), 6/27/2017
• “111 Californians ended their lives with doctor-prescribed meds in first year of aid-in-dying law,” Sacramento Bee, 6/27/2017
• “Over 100 Californians ended their lives under state’s right-to-die law,” San Jose Mercury News, 6/28/2017
• “Aunt Alice: California’s aid-in-dying law is about giving peace to those who’d otherwise suffer,” NewsReview.com, 6/29/2017
• “111 people died under California’s new right-to-die law,” TIME, 6/29/2017
• “She watched her ex-husband end his life under California’s new right-to-die law. ‘I felt proud’,” Los Angeles Times, 6/30/2017
• “California assisted suicide patients are mostly white, well-educated,” Sacramento Bee, 6/30/2017
• “A year after assisted suicide became legal in California, hurdles remain,” San Diego Union Tribune, 7/2/2017
• “Authors Of California’s End-Of-Life Law Say Drug Costs, Access Must Be Examined,” Capital Public Radio, 7/5/2017

Colorado

• “Oregon led the way on aid in dying, but Colorado’s law offers fewer guideposts,” Colorado Politics, 6/23/2017
• “Colorado’s medical aid in dying law quietly underway,” The Gazette, 7/4/2017
• “McClellan: Choice should be difficult, but not because of unnecessary hospital hurdles,” Durango Herald, 7/8/2017

Elsewhere

• Maine: “More states consider right-to-die bills,” Fosters.com, 7/9/2017

Other Stories

• “Medical aid in dying resolution coming before General Synod delegates,” United Church of Christ-News, 6/26/2017
• “The Call-In: Physician-Assisted Dying,” NPR, 7/9/2017

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