Twenty-eight years after Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act, the implementation of MAID across fourteen U.S. jurisdictions demonstrates a notable pattern: legal authorization, while essential, does […]
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This may appear shocking to an American audience, but we have to imagine that for the child, his parents and his doctors, the decision was
It has been 10 years since Dr. Margaret P. Battin published an excellent summary about the problems with the word “suicide” in the end-of-life context.
In May 2023, Vermont, following the earlier lead of Oregon, amended its MAID law by allowing non-residents to apply under the law for medical assistance
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 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?
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
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
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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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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
