Week 10/2018 in the Death with Dignity Movement

In the week from March 5 to March 11, 2018:

• Hawaii State House of Representatives passed HB 2739, Our Care Our Choice Act, a Death with Dignity bill, 38 to 12.

Hawaii

• “What Medical Aid In Dying Means to Me,” Honolulu Civil Beat, 3/5/2018
• “Pod Squad: Rep. John Mizuno Calls Medical Aid In Dying A ‘Civil Right’,” Honolulu Civil Beat, 3/5/2018
• “House approves controversial medical aid-in-dying bill, sending it to Senate,” Hawaii News Now, 3/6/2018
• “Doctor-assisted suicide measure advances in Hawaii,” ABC/Associated Press, 3/7/2018
• “Hawaii House Passes Medical Aid In Dying Bill,” Honolulu Civil Beat, 3/6/2018

Around the U.S.

• “Aid-in-Dying Gains Momentum as Erstwhile Opponents Change Their Minds,” Pew Charitable Trusts Stateline, 3/9/2018
• Colorado: “Glenwood Springs’ Valley View Hospital opts in to Colorado’s aid-in-dying act,” Denver Post, 3/9/2018
• New Hampshire: “Accessing Death With Dignity,” Valley News, 3/10/2018
• Ohio: “Letter to the Editor: Don’t dismiss legislation that allows death with dignity,” Canton Repository, 3/8/2018
• Oregon: “This Couple Died By Assisted Suicide Together. Here’s Their Story,” TIME, 3/6/2018, also published as “Oregon Couple’s Final Days Captured In Intimate Aid-In-Dying Video,” in Washington Post, 3/6/2018, Kaiser Health News, 3/6/2018; NBC News, 3/11/2018; and USA Today 3/12/2018
• Washington: “Life-ending medications are legal in Washington, but getting them is a whole other story,” Inlander, 3/8/2018

Featured image by Matt Hintsa.