Week 8/2017 in the Death with Dignity Movement
February 27, 2017
In the week from February 20 to February 26, 2017: A bill was introduced in the Montana State legislature that would remove protection for physicians from homicide charges if they prescribed medications to requesting terminally ill patients to end their…
Week 7/2017 in the Death with Dignity Movement
February 21, 2017
In the week from February 13 to February 19, 2017: The U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee passed House Joint Resolution 27 disapproving of the D.C. Death with Dignity Act, on a 22 to 14 vote. However,…
Week 6/2017 in the Death with Dignity Movement
February 13, 2017
In the week from February 6 to February 12, 2017: An assisted dying bill was tabled in a Utah House Committee. Washington, D.C. prepared for today’s markup of the US House resolution to block the new Death with Dignity law.
Week 5/2017 in the Death with Dignity Movement
February 6, 2017
In the week from January 30 to February 5, 2017: The President nominated Neil Gorsuch to fill a vacancy on the US Supreme Court; Judge Gorsuch is the author of a book arguing against “assisted suicide” titled, The Future of…
Week 4/2017 in the Death with Dignity Movement
January 30, 2017
In the week from January 23 to January 29, 2017: Assisted dying bills were introduced in the New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania state legislatures. The Hawaii Medical Association changed its position on aid-in-dying legislation from opposed to neutral. California…
Week 3/2017 in the Death with Dignity Movement
January 23, 2017
In the week from January 16 to January 22, 2017: Assisted dying bills were introduced in the Hawaii, Mississippi, Nebraska, and New Mexico state legislatures. Colorado “Colorado’s aid-in-dying law…
Week 2/2017 in the Death with Dignity Movement
January 17, 2017
In the week from January 9 to January 15, 2017: Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) pledged to stop the District of Columbia’s Death with Dignity Act from being enacted. Shortly after, Senator James Lankford and Representative Brad Wenstrup introduced a resolution…
Week 1/2017 in the Death with Dignity Movement
January 9, 2017
In the week from January 2 to January 8, 2017: The Massachusetts Medical Association launched a review of its position on assisted death. Outgoing Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin disclosed his father had used the state’s assisted dying law in 2014.
Weeks 50-51/2016 in the Death with Dignity Movement
January 3, 2017
In the final two weeks of 2016, from December 19 to December 31, 2016 and through January 1, 2017: Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the Death with Dignity Act of 2015. Death with Dignity South Dakota received approval from…
Weeks 48-49/2016 in the Death with Dignity Movement
December 19, 2016
Highlights from media coverage of Death with Dignity and related issues in the past week. Articles, essays, op-eds, editorials, and more.