And the backlash sets in
MAID advocates could be excused if they were demonstrating elation as last year drew to a close. After all, 2025 had been one for the
Medical Aid in Dying: Sin or Salvation
Medical Aid in Dying was once a felony in the United States. Now it’s legal in a dozen states and the District of Columbia. The latest battleground is New York, where advocates and opponents struggle over the passage of a law 10 years in the making. Is Medical Aid in Dying a fundamental right? Or a slippery slope toward state-supported suicide?
Canada vs US MAID Practices
Opponents of MAID have a habit of pointing to the Assisted Dying law of our northern neighbor as a type of Wild West Free For
Important Victory in Montana
Against all expectations, a critical win in Montana settled yet again that MAID remains legal, despite concerted efforts by opponents to criminalize the practice. State
Dementia Cases to Surge with Ageing Population
Dementia– Everyone’s ageing fear Dementia Cases in the U.S. Will Surge in the Coming Decades, Researchers Say By 2060, new dementia cases per year could
In Search of a universal flag for the Right to Die Movement: All hands on deck
At the Board of Directors and Voting Members plenary session of the biennial conference of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies on September
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A report from Dublin: The Biennial Conference of the World Federation of Right to Die Socities
The biennial conference of the World Federation of the Right to Die Socities is a marquee event, bringing together 250 delegates from over 100 advocacy
Wall Street Journal anti-MAID op ed elicits strong views on both sides
An op ed by one of the Wall Street Journal’s editors on Sept 3 made a predictable case that the putative excesses in Canada’s euthanasia
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Reflections on a MAID conference
On the afternoon of Thursday, Aug 29, Dying Right North Carolina joined several others at the Davis Community, a very upscale CCRC in Wilmington, NC.
Listening Openly to MAID’s opponents
From the onset, MAID’s opponents can be grouped into 3 constituencies: 1) the Catholic Church and many Evangelical denominations, who view life and death decisions
MAID: BY THE NUMBERS
Every year in America, about 1% of the population dies of all causes, i.e. a little over 3 mio. with West Viriginia the state with