Weeks 37 thru 39/2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement
September 28, 2015
In the three weeks from September 7 to 27, 2015: The most important event in the history of the Death with Dignity movement since Vermont’s passage of Act 39 took place when both the California Assembly and Senate approved the…
Week 36/2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement
September 7, 2015
In the week from August 31 to September 6, 2015: Californians got another step closer to having Death with Dignity as an end-of-life option when the state Assembly’s Extraordinary Session Public Health and Developmental Services Committee on approved AB2X-15, the…
Week 35/2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement
August 31, 2015
Last week, from August 24 to August 30, 2015: The California End of Life Option Act, introduced in the state Assembly’s extraordinary legislative session on healthcare, made its way through the legislature; a hearing in the special Health Committee is…
Week 34/2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement
August 24, 2015
Last week, from August 17 to August 23, 2015, a group of California Assembly Members, led by Susan Talamantes Eggman, Mark Stone, and Luis Alejo, co-sponsored and introduced a new bill, amended from SB 128 which the California Senate passed…
Week 33/2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement
August 17, 2015
In the week from August 10 to August 16, 2015: The New Mexico Court of Appeals on Tuesday overturned a lower court’s decision that had, in effect, made Death with Dignity legal in the state. A San Francisco Superior Court…
Week 32/2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement
August 10, 2015
In the week from August 3 to August 9, 2015, the Washington State Health Department released the 2014 annual report on the implementation of the Death with Dignity law. Read the full…
Week 31/2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement
August 3, 2015
The week from from July 27 to August 2, 2015 was a very quiet one in the Death with Dignity movement, as the middle of the summer tends to be… Arizona: “Bisbee Considers Aid In Dying…
Week 30/2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement
July 27, 2015
In the week from July 20 to July 26, 2015: As legislatures went into summer recesses the Death with Dignity movement entered a “slow news day” period. A California judge dismissed one of the two lawsuits challenging the state’s assisted…
Week 29/2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement
July 20, 2015
In the week from July 13 to July 19, 2015, legislatures went into summer recesses and the Death with Dignity movement entered a “slow news day” period. California: “After a Blow in California, Death with Dignity…
Week 28/2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement
July 13, 2015
Last week, from July 6 to July 12, 2015: The hearing in the California State Assembly Committee on Health was postponed for a second time as the sponsors of SB 128, End of Life Option Act, determined the bill had…