Local Advocate Spotlight: Valerie Lovelace, Maine
February 3, 2016
Last year, Maine came closer than ever to having a Death with Dignity statute. The Maine House passed LD 1270, An Act Regarding Patient-directed Care at the End of Life, with a vote of 76 to…
In Memoriam: Penny Shelfer
December 9, 2015
Following the deaths, in October and November, of three of our friends and Death with Dignity advocates who had been terminally ill for some time (Dick Walters, Dr. Peter Rasmussen, and John Duncan), the tragic death of…
In Memoriam: Barbara Coffin
August 15, 2014
In 2008, we worked with our local partners Compassion & Choices of Washington to pass Washington’s Death with Dignity Act through a ballot initiative. With over 58 percent of voters approving I-1000,…