Week 27/2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement
July 6, 2015
Last week, from June 29 to July 5, 2015: California heated up in advance of tomorrow’s hearing on SB 128, End of Life Option Act at the Assembly Committee on Health. The Catholic Church stepped up the pressure on Catholic…
Week 26/2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement
June 29, 2015
Last week, from June 22 to June 28, 2015: The California Assembly Health Committee hearing on Senate Bill 128, End of Life Option Act, was rescheduled to July 7 while the bill’s sponsors seek to round up the votes. In…
The Washington Post Endorses Death with Dignity
June 22, 2015
There’s huge news today in our mission to give people more options about how to live their final days. And we urgently need your help. When we visited with District of Columbia Councilmember Mary Cheh earlier this year, there was…
Week 25/2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement
June 22, 2015
In the week from June 15 to June 21, 2015: Following our presentation to the editorial board, The Washington Post endorsed Death with Dignity nationwide, including the bill currently pending in the DC Council. The California…
Week 24/2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement
June 15, 2015
In the week from June 8 to June 14, 2015: A hearing was held in the Tennessee Senate Health and Welfare Committee on a proposed bill as part of the summer study process. The positive media fallout from the successful…
Week 23/2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement
June 8, 2015
In the week from June 1 to June 7, 2015: In our movement’s most important event so far this year, the California Senate approved SB 128, End of Life Option Act, a Death with Dignity bill, 23 to 14. The…
Week 22/2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement
June 1, 2015
Last week, from May 26 to May 31, 2015: SB 128, California End of Life Option Act, passed 5-2 in the Appropriations Committee and is headed to the Senate floor for a vote this Thursday. Delaware saw a bill introduced,…
Week 21/2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement
May 25, 2015
In the week from May 18 to May 24, 2015: The California Medical Association dropped its opposition to physician-assisted dying and is now neutral on SB 128, which underwent a fiscal impact study in the Senate Appropriations Committee. Also in…
Week 20/2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement
May 18, 2015
Last week, from May 11 to May 17, 2015 A proposed Death with Dignity bill received a hearing in Maine. The California End of Life Option Act moved forward through the Senate Appropriations Committee, which forwarded it for budget impact…
Week 19/2015 in the Death with Dignity Movement
May 11, 2015
In the week from May 4 to May 10, 2015: The Vermont House approved a bill that would remove sunset provisions from the Patient Choice and Control at End of Life Act, the state’s Death with Dignity law. Because the…