Week 51/2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement
December 21, 2015
In the week from December 14 to December 20, 2015: Tucson City Council asked the State of Arizona to legalize physician-assisted dying. Colorado geared up ahead of the reintroduction of a Death with Dignity bill. Arizona “Tucson City…
Week 50/2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement
December 14, 2015
In the week from December 7 to December 13: The public debate about improvements in end-of-life care continued to heat up in California, proving that Death with Dignity laws ultimately improve end-of-life care. A work group met for the last…
Week 49/2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement
December 7, 2015
In the week from from November 30 to December 6: The end-of-year, holiday giving season kicked off with #GivingTuesday. A renamed Death with Dignity bill will return to the legislature in Colorado. Colorado “Emotions…
Week 48/2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement
November 30, 2015
In the Thanksgiving holiday week, from November 23 to November 29: Slate published a thorough rebuke to the argument that physician-assisted dying laws increase suicide rates. “Do Death With Dignity Laws Increase…
Weeks 45 through 47/ 2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement
November 23, 2015
In the three weeks from to November 2 to 22, 2015: Our friend and physician-assisted dying advocate Dr. Peter Rasmussen, MD, died after taking the medication prescribed under the Oregon Death with Dignity Act. Our former executive director,…
Week 44/2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement
November 2, 2015
In the week from October 26 to November 1, 2015: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts held a hearing in the Joint Committee for Public Health for the proposed Compassionate Care for the Terminally Ill Act. A California appeals court affirmed a…
Week 43/2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement
October 26, 2015
In the week from October 19 to October 25: The new California Death with Dignity law continued generating attention, with the ballot initiative to repeal it garnering approval to collect signatures and questions arising as to implementation. In New York…
Week 42/2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement
October 19, 2015
In the week from October 12 to October 18, 2015: The passage of the California End of Life Option Act reverberated across the country. The Death with Dignity movement suffered a great loss: our dear friend Dick Walters, who led…
Week 41/2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement
October 12, 2015
In the week from October 5 to October 11, 2015: California became the fourth state to enact a Death with Dignity statute and the fifth to legalize physician assisted dying when Governor Brown signed the End of Life Option Act.
Week 40/2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement
October 5, 2015
In the week from September 28 to October 4, 2015: California awaited Governor Brown’s decision about the End of Life Option Act. California “Dear Governor Brown: I Don’t Want to Die on Cancer’s Terms,” Huffington Post,…