5 MAID articles
02/12/24 at 03:00 AM
- Over 70% of New Yorkers favor Medical Aid in Dying bill, new poll finds
City & State New York, by Rebecca C. Lewis; 2/8/24
A new poll commissioned by the groups Death With Dignity and the Completed Life Initiative found that a majority of New Yorkers – over 70% – favor legislation that would permit doctors to prescribe terminally ill patients medication to end their own lives. - Patient protections are major concern at emotional hearing on medical aid-in-dying bill
Maryland Matters, by Danielle J. Brown; 2/9/24
There have been prior attempts to pass aid-in-dying bills in Maryland, while 10 other states and Washington, D.C. have passed similar legislation.
Publisher's note: Discussion of Maryland's SB 443 and HB 403. Both bills are titled the “End-of-Life Option Act (The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and the Honorable Shane E. Pendergrass Act).” - End of Life Act again proposed in Maryland, lawmakers believe it could pass this year
WBALTV-11, by David Collins; 2/8/24
More than 100 people signed up Thursday to testify for and against Maryland's End of Life Option Act, which would legalize medical aid in dying. Lawmakers have tried for years to pass the legislation, but supporters believe the political climate has changed and this is the year it will pass. - Should Illinois become 11th state to adopt 'right to die' legislation?
Chicago Sun-Times, by Tina Sfondeles; 2/9/24
Illinois Senate Democrats are moving forward on legislation that would give mentally capable patients who are terminally ill an option of ending their own lives. - Should treatment for severe mental illness include medical assistance in dying?
The Hill, by Anand Kumar, Sally Weinstein; 2/9/24
Canada is on the threshold of enacting a law that would make medical assistance in dying (MAiD) accessible to people whose only medical condition is mental illness. If this were to pass, Canada would be one of only a handful of countries to extend that process for patients with serious mental illness.