In the week from June 10 to June 16, 2018:
- Governor Janet Mills signed the Maine Death with Dignity Act into law. Learn more here →
Maine
- “Governor Mills signs Death with Dignity Bill,” NBC Newscenter Maine, 6/12/2019
- “Maine Becomes 8th State to Legalize Assisted Suicide,” Associated Press (reprinted broadly, incl. New York Times, Washington Post), 6/12/2019
- “Janet Mills agrees to let Maine join states that allow terminally ill patients to end their lives,” Bangor Daily News, 6/12/2019
- “Maine effectively legalizes assisted suicide,” CNN, 6/12/2019
- “Maine legalizes medically assisted suicide,” The Hill, 6/12/2019
- “Maine Governor Signs Bill Legalizing Physician-Assisted Death,” Huffington Post, 6/12/2019
- “Letter to the editor: L.D. 1313 provides the terminally ill with another choice,” Portland Press Herald, 6/12/2019
- “Maine becomes 10th jurisdiction to legalize medically assisted suicide,” ABC News, 6/13/2019
- “Gov. Mills’ explains Death with Dignity Act support,” Foster’s, 6/14/2019
- “Hymanson proud as Maine passes ‘Death with Dignity’,” Seacoast Online, 6/15/2019
Around the U.S.
- Delaware: “One cancer survivor’s case for assisted suicide,” WHYY, 6/12/2019
- New Hampshire: “NH should follow Maine in Death with Dignity law,” SeaCoastOnline.com, 6/16/2019
- New York: “Let terminally ill have choice to die with dignity,” Albany Times Union, 6/14/2019
- Pennsylvania: “LETTER: Death with dignity should be an option,” The Meadville Tribune, 6/12/2019
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