Week 22/2016 in the Death with Dignity Movement
June 6, 2016
In the week from May 30 to June 5, 2016: California prepared for the End of Life Option Act going into effect this week (on June 9). California “UCLA medical centers prepare for End of Life…
Week 21/2016 in the Death with Dignity Movement
May 31, 2016
Highlights from media coverage of Death with Dignity and related issues in the past week. Articles, essays, op-eds, editorials, and more.
Week 20/2016 in the Death with Dignity Movement
May 23, 2016
Highlights from media coverage of Death with Dignity and related issues in the past week. Articles, essays, op-eds, editorials, and more.
Weeks 18 & 19/2016 in the Death with Dignity Movement
May 16, 2016
Highlights from media coverage of Death with Dignity and related issues in the past week. Articles, essays, op-eds, editorials, and more.
Weeks 16 & 17/2016 in the Death with Dignity Movement
May 3, 2016
In two weeks from April 18 to May 1, 2016: An intense debate continued in Canada about the proposed physician-assisted dying law. Another film about “assisted suicide” / “euthanasia” was released. New York “The Journal News…
Week 15/2016 in the Death with Dignity Movement
April 18, 2016
In the week from April 11 to April 17, 2016: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced a physician-assisted dying law in the federal House. Illinois “Terminally ill man makes desperate plea for medical-aid-in-dying legislation,” FOX News Latino,…
Week 14/2016 in the Death with Dignity Movement
April 6, 2016
In the week from April 4 to April 10, 2016: Nebraska state Senator Ernie Chambers unsuccessfully moved to get his Death with Dignity bill out of Committee for debate in the full Senate. As California prepares for the End of…
Weeks 12 & 13/2016 in the Death with Dignity Movement
April 4, 2016
In the two weeks from March 21 to April 3, 2016: California Senate Committee on Health passed SB 1002, End of Life Option Telephone Number Act, which our organization proposed and helped to craft. Learn more → News emerged…
Week 11/2016 in the Death with Dignity Movement
March 21, 2016
In the week from March 14 to March 21, 2016: A Minnesota Senate committee held a hearing on the proposed Compassionate Care Act, and the sponsor subsequently withdrew her bill from consideration before a vote could take place due to…
Week 10/2016 in the Death with Dignity Movement
March 14, 2016
In the week from March 7 to March 13, 2016: The special legislative session in which the California End of Life Option Act was passed last year concluded, triggering a 91-day period to June 9 when the law will go…