Week 15/2017 in the Death with Dignity Movement
April 17, 2017
Highlights from media coverage of Death with Dignity and related issues in the past week. Articles, essays, op-eds, editorials, and more.
The Element of Choice: Testimony in Support of Maine LD 347, An Act to Support Death with Dignity
April 12, 2017
This is not a mandate, a requirement, or even a suggestion; but rather an option that allows terminally ill people to end their suffering on their own terms should they choose to do so.
Week 14/2017 in the Death with Dignity Movement
April 10, 2017
Highlights from media coverage of Death with Dignity and related issues in the past week. Articles, essays, op-eds, editorials, and more.
“How much longer?” Testimony in Support of Maine LD 347, An Act to Support Death with Dignity
April 7, 2017
I fully support LD 347, an Act to Support Death with Dignity, and I ask that you do the same. I have only one question for this Committee: How much longer will the State of Maine continue to consider it a crime for a physician to ease the suffering of a competent, dying adult?
Maine Legislative Committee to Hear Death with Dignity Bills as New Poll Shows 73% Support in the State
April 3, 2017
A poll released by Public Policy Polling today shows that nearly 3 of 4 Maine voters overwhelmingly support legislation expanding the right of terminally ill patients with less than six months to live to legally obtain prescription medication to end their lives.
Weeks 12 & 13/2017 in the Death with Dignity Movement
April 3, 2017
Highlights from media coverage of Death with Dignity and related issues in the past week. Articles, essays, op-eds, editorials, and more.
Week 8/2017 in the Death with Dignity Movement
February 27, 2017
In the week from February 20 to February 26, 2017: A bill was introduced in the Montana State legislature that would remove protection for physicians from homicide charges if they prescribed medications to requesting terminally ill patients to end their…
In Memoriam: Rebecca VanWormer
January 20, 2017
We were extremely saddened to learn of the death of Rebecca VanWormer, a passionate advocate for assisted dying legislation in her home state of Maine. She was 43. Rebecca VanWormer with her dogs Buster and Kal-El at…
Week 2/2017 in the Death with Dignity Movement
January 17, 2017
In the week from January 9 to January 15, 2017: Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) pledged to stop the District of Columbia’s Death with Dignity Act from being enacted. Shortly after, Senator James Lankford and Representative Brad Wenstrup introduced a resolution…
Week 1/2017 in the Death with Dignity Movement
January 9, 2017
In the week from January 2 to January 8, 2017: The Massachusetts Medical Association launched a review of its position on assisted death. Outgoing Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin disclosed his father had used the state’s assisted dying law in 2014.