A Movement in Search of a Name
Since its first largely academic references in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the procedure of requesting lethal medicaiton from a physician to hasten an […]
DRNC Issues Press Release on Poll Findings Among NC GOP Voters
NC Republican and conservative voters overwhelmingly believe that competent, terminally ill adults “should have the legal option to take life-ending medication prescribed by a doctor,” also known as medical aid in dying (MAiD).
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Constitutional Challenge to Vermont’s residency requirement gives hope for North Carolinians
A constitutional challenge by a 75-year-old terminally-ill Bridgeport, Connectiut woman, Lynda Bluestein, and a Middlebury, Vt doctor specialising in hospice and palliative care, to the
Study shows 5000 Americans Have Used MAID Laws
An article in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society calculated the number of Americans to have availed themselves of Medical Aid in Dying laws
GOP Voters in NC Overwhelmingly Support MAID
A recent poll commissioned by Dying Right NC and carried out by the nonpartisan OH Predictive Insights group confirms that conservative GOP voters widely support
Murder-Suicide in Orange County
The story is all too familiar: on July 13, a 77-year old man telephoned 911 to report he had killed his suffering 71-year old wife
MAID By The Numbers
When MAID legislation was first proposed in the late 1990s, there were dire predictions that “physician assisted suicide” (as it was commonly called back in
A Preventable Tragedy
It was all too foreseeable; all too common; all too tragic. A 64-year old Florida veteran Thomas Schultz, acting as caregiver simultaneously to his terminally
Medical Paternalism on the Brink
Medical Paternalism on the Brink Doctors have always enjoyed an undeniable prestige, an almost mystical clairvoyance and Solomonic judgment in the eyes of their patients.
Evaluating Gideonse v Brown
Some Thoughts on Gideonse vs Brown Oregon’s land-mark decision impacts North Carolinians at End of Life On March 25, 2022, as a result of
A Game Changer out of Oregon
Oregon will waive residency requirements In a significant development with potentially national implications, the State of Oregon has agreed to waive its residency requirements for
An NC Quadriplegic Speaks Forcefully in Favor of MAID
A North Carolina native made quadriplegic through a tragic accident weeks before her wedding speaks up on MAID
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