California Senate Committee on Health Passes SB 1002, End of Life Option Telephone Number Act
March 30, 2016
Great news from Sacramento! California Senate Bill 1002, the End of Life Option Telephone Number Act, has cleared its first legislative hurdle. A few moments ago, the Committee on Health approved the bill 5 to 2. Californians are now…
Testimony in Support of California SB 1002, End of Life Option Telephone Line Act
March 29, 2016
This is a full transcript of our President George Eighmey’s testimony, at the March 30th California Senate Committee on Health hearing, in support of SB 1002, End of Life Option Telephone Line Act, which we proposed and helped to draft.
State by State Progress: A March Report
March 17, 2016
The year of successes continues. California Last week an extraordinary legislative session concluded in California. The event launched a 91-day countdown to when the End of Life Option Act, a Death with Dignity law we helped craft and pass, goes…
91 Days: California End of Life Option Act Takes Effect on June 9, 2016
March 10, 2016
After decades of working to bring Death with Dignity to California, we are now a mere 91 days from implementation of the End of Life Option Act. With the close today of the special legislative session, the implementation…
California Calling: How We Help Implement the End of Life Option Act
February 26, 2016
By George Eighmey, President * Since California’s End of Life Option Act passed last October, we have been receiving many calls with questions about the new law. It quickly became clear that terminally ill Californians, their loved ones,…
Death with Dignity, Human Rights, and the Caucus
February 24, 2016
By Valerie Lovelace Val is the executive director of It’s My Death, our partner organization in Maine which teaches “others how to be with dying, how to speak and listen to one another, and how to…
Testimony in Support of Maryland HB 0404, Richard E. Israel and Roger “Pip” Moyer End of Life Option Act
February 19, 2016
This is a full transcript of our Executive Director Peg Sandeen’s testimony, at today’s joint hearing of the Health Committee and Government Operations and Judiciary Committee of the Maryland House of Delegates, in support of HB 0404, Richard E. Israel…
The Oregon Death with Dignity Act: A Policy Platform for the Right to Die Movement
February 8, 2016
by Eli Stutsman, JD Eli Stutsman is a practicing attorney in Portland, Oregon. He was the lead author of the Oregon Death with Dignity Act in 1993 and served as the lead political and legal strategist…
The California End of Life Option Act and Death with Dignity
January 22, 2016
As we reported earlier this month, the opponents of Death with Dignity in California failed to collect enough signatures to qualify a measure overturning the newly-passed ABX2-15, End of Life Option Act,…
The Kind of Death We All Want
January 13, 2016
By Chris de Boinville (subheadings are ours) Chris is our constituent and supporter in Maryland. This article is an edited transcript of her testimony to the Maryland House Health and Government Operations Committee at its March 6, 2015 hearing, in…