In the week from April 9 to April 22, 2018:
- Four organizations joined forces in the New York Alliance for Medical Aid in Dying.
- Maine Death with Dignity launched a petition to place an assisted dying law on the 2019 ballot.
Maine
- “Mainers Petition to Get Assisted-Suicide Initiative on Ballot,” Maine Public, 4/12/2018
- “Maine voters could soon decide on Death With Dignity law,” NECN/NBC News Center, 4/19/2018
- “Death W/ Dignity,” NECN/NBC News Center, 4/19/2018
New York
- “Local, national groups join forces in hopes of passing Aid-in-Dying bill,” Legislative Gazette, 4/16/2018
- “New alliance for medical aid in dying legislation,” Spectrum News, 4/16/2018
- “Buffalo woman fights for right to die on her own terms,” Spectrum News, 4/21/2018
California
- “California Senate Committee Rejects Bill Linked To Terminally Ill Patients,” LATF, 4/11/2018
- “Aid-in-dying laws seek to reconcile patient autonomy with ethical concerns,” Healio, 4/13/2018
Hawaii
- “Hawaii passes law giving terminally ill the choice of medically assisted ‘death with dignity’”, Daily Kos, 4/9/2018
- “Physician-Assisted Death Is Now Legal in Hawaii, Giving Patients a True Choice,” Care2, 4/17/2018
Iowa
- “Gubernatorial candidate Hubbell says physician-assisted suicide should be ‘considered’,” KCRG/ABC, 4/11/2018
- “The Insiders: April 15th Edition, Is Physician-Assisted Suicide Right for Iowans?” WHOTV/NBC, 4/15/2018
Massachusetts
- “What Is A Dignified Death? As Her Mother Slips Away, A Daughter Wonders,” WBUR, 4/11/2018
- “‘End of Life Options Act’: Patients have right to choose what is best for themselves. (Reader viewpoint),” MassLive, 4/21/2018
Ohio
- “Don’t call it ‘physician-assisted suicide,’ bill sponsor insists,” Columbus Dispatch, 4/17/2018
- “Senator Tavares Testifies on Aid-in-Dying, Prescription Drug Price Bills,” Ohio Senate, 4/17/2018
Around the U.S.
- Colorado: “GINA PARADISO: A life lived in beauty, a death with dignity,” Pueblo Chieftain, 4/9/2018
- Connecticut: “Rewriting Death and Dignity,” Yale Herald, 4/13/2018
- District of Columbia: “Assisted Suicide Attracts 0 Patients, 2 Doctors in D.C.,” Washington Free Beacon, 4/17/2018
- Washington: “She helped her father die. Now she wants to help those who follow,” Tri-City Herald, 4/15/2018
Featured image by Binuri Ranasinge.
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