In the week from April 23 to April 29, 2018:
- The New York Assembly Committee on Health held the first of two hearings on the Medical Aid in Dying Act.
- The Delaware House Health and Human Development Committee voted on a death with dignity bill.
New York
- “Medical Aid in Dying hearing bringing busloads to Albany,” WBFO, 4/23/2018
- “Legislative Hearing on Aid-In-Dying Bill Attracts Big Crowds,” US News & World Report (via Associated Press), 4/23/2018
- “Proposed legislation gives terminally ill the right to die,” WIVB, 4/23/2018
- “Debating the right to die,” Spectrum News, 4/23/2018
- “Assembly hearings examine aid-in-dying law,” Albany Times Union, 4/23/2018
- “End-Of-Life Advocacy Boosted By GOP Former Lawmaker,” Spectrum News/State of Politics, 4/23/2018
- “Assisted suicide bill faces opposition from doctors, clergy,” Daily Star, 4/23/2018
- “Advocates urge the legislature to legalize aid in dying,” Spectrum News, 4/23/2018
- “Editorial: Aid-in-dying legislation slowly gaining support,” Record Online, 4/24/2018
- “Aid in dying should be a decision made by the patient,” Albany Times Union, 4/28/2018
Delaware
- “House lawmakers to vote on assisted-suicide bill,” ABC, 4/26/2018
- “Terminally ill people deserve choice to die with less suffering, reader says,” Delaware Online, 4/26/2018
- “Assisted suicide bill removed from agenda again,” Delaware State News, 4/26/2018
- “Vote delayed on assisted-suicide bill,” Washington Post (via Associated Press), 4/27/2018
- “Physician-assisted suicide legislation lacks votes to clear Delaware House,” Delaware Public Media, 4/27/2018
Around the U.S.
- California: “One last drink: San Diegans who end their lives,” San Diego Reader, 4/25/2018
- District of Columbia: “D.C. Health Defends Assisted-Suicide Implementations,” Washington Free Beacon, 4/26/2018
- Maine: “Eye on Augusta: Citizen Initiative for “Death with Dignity” Referendum Collecting Signatures,” The Free Press, 4/26/2018
- “The assisted-dying movement gathers momentum in America,” The Economist, 4/26/2018
- “The Evolution of Medical Aid in Dying,” BioSupply Trends Quarterly, April 2018
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