In the three weeks from October 29 to November 18, 2018:
- Volunteers from Maine Death with Dignity gathered signatures for a petition to put the issue on the ballot.
Hawaii
- “Community’s rules collide with imminent death-with-dignity law,” McKnight’s Senior Living, 11/5/2018
- “Dying is Now A Choice,” Hawaii Business Magazine, 11/6/2018
- “Hawaii retirement home clarifies assisted suicide rules,” ABC News, 11/13/2018
Maine
- “Supporters of ‘assisted dying’ work to get referendum before Maine voters in 2019,” Portland Press Herald, 11/1/2018
- “Missing petition should be returned,” Central Maine, 11/12/2018
Massachusetts
- “Assisted suicide bill will be reintroduced in legislature,” Telegram, 11/4/2018
- “Letter: The End of Life Options Act deserves another chance,” Telegram, 11/18/2018
Virginia
- “COMMENTARY: Terminally ill Virginians deserve aid in dying option,” Free Lance-Star, 11/7/2018
- “LETTER: Let medicine and law release desperate patients,” Free Lance-Star, 11/17/2018
Around the U.S.
- Michigan: “Opinion: Dignity should accompany death,” The Detroit News, 11/18/2018
- New York: “Forum on ‘Death With Dignity’ Legislation Held at Mid-Westchester JCC,” The Jewish Link, 11/15/2018
- “Ask the Care Expert: What states have a Death with Dignity Act?” McKnight’s Long Term Care News, 11/2/2018
- “Choosing your own exit. For some who are terminally ill, hastening their own death may be the answer.” Washington Post, 11/18/2018
- “AMA Wrestles with Physician-Assisted Suicide Stance: Proponents of PAS/medical aid-in-dying push back,” MedPage Today, 11/12/2018
Featured image credit: Tom Magliery
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