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Each week we summarize the week's news in the Death with Dignity movement and other topics related to end-of-life care.

This Week in the Movement

Posted by Melissa Barber on May 17, 2013

Throughout the week, we keep people up-to-date with information about the Death with Dignity movement and other topics related to end-of-life care through Facebook and Twitter. Below are highlights from this week.

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This Week in the Movement

Posted by Melissa Barber on May 10, 2013

VT Senator Ayer, photo care of Patient Choices

Throughout the week, we keep people up-to-date with information about the Death with Dignity movement and other topics related to end-of-life care through Facebook and Twitter. Below are highlights from this week.

Efforts regarding Death with Dignity:

On Wednesday, the Vermont Senate approved a Death with Dignity bill. The bill now faces two more hurdles: the House needs to concur with the Senate version and the Governor needs to sign it. The House vote is slated to take place tomorrow.
Vermont Representative Kate Webb stated why she supports Death with Dignity in the Shelburne News.
In an interview with the New York Daily News, Death with Dignity National Center executive director Peg Sandeen talked about the often hidden source of opposition to Death with Dignity laws.
The Huffington Post picked up Peg's interview as well.
Vermont's historic efforts attracted the notice of USA Today.

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This Week in the Movement

Posted by Melissa Barber on May 3, 2013

VT House of Representatives, photo by PCV

Throughout the week, we keep people up-to-date with information about the Death with Dignity movement and other topics related to end-of-life care through Facebook and Twitter. Below are highlights from this week.

Efforts regarding Death with Dignity:

The Vermont House of Representatives passed a Death with Dignity bill! The bill still has a ways to go, and VTDigger explored the different paths it may take.
Death with Dignity National Center executive director Peg Sandeen was interviewed by The Washington Times. The interview was published over two days: part 1 and part 2.
A UK poll found overwhelming support for Death with Dignity among people of most religious faiths. Of those supporting a change in the law, 82% agreed that an "individual has the right to choose when and how to die".
A poll in Canada found the majority of Albertans "felt dying adults should have the right to end their life early."
Cate Faehrmann introduced an assisted death bill for consideration by the Parliament of New South Wales in Australia. Watch the video of her speech to Parliament to learn why. Greg Piper explained why he supports changing the laws around assisted death in Australia.

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This Week in the Movement

Posted by Melissa Barber on April 26, 2013

Dr. Morris from How to Die in Oregon

Throughout the week, we keep people up-to-date with information about the Death with Dignity movement and other topics related to end-of-life care through Facebook and Twitter. Below are highlights from this week.

Efforts regarding Death with Dignity:

The Vermont House Human Services Committee voted 7-4 to restore the safeguards to the proposed Death with Dignity bill, and today, the House Judiciary Committee voted 8-3 to move the bill to the floor of the House for a vote.
How to Die in Oregon aired on HBO this week, and as it often does, the groundbreaking documentary provoked people to think and write about their own experiences with a dying loved one.
A Washington resident wrote about his experience with his friend's death under the state's Death with Dignity law.
Massachusetts social worker Kevin Kozin talked about why Death with Dignity laws align with social workers' ethics.
Canadian Susan Griffiths traveled to Switzerland this week to die with the assistance of a doctor. (Unlike in the US, Swiss laws allow for non-residents to request assistance in dying.) She allowed her story to be covered publicly to serve as an appeal to the Canadian government to revisit the current laws on assisted dying.
The New England Journal of Medicine article about Seattle Cancer Care Alliance's implementation of Washington's Death with Dignity Act continued to garner national headlines.
This month, we spotlighted Death with Dignity Political Action Fund board member Betty Rollin.

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This Week in the Movement

Posted by Melissa Barber on April 19, 2013

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Throughout the week, we keep people up-to-date with information about the Death with Dignity movement and other topics related to end-of-life care through Facebook and Twitter. Below are highlights from this week.

Efforts regarding Death with Dignity:

After hearing testimony for two weeks, Vermont House Human Services Committee decided to focus on bill language with safeguards modeled on the Oregon Death with Dignity legislation.
Montana lawmakers rejected a proposed ban of physician-assisted death, but as this editorial explains, state lawmakers still have work to do.
April posted on ALS Express about the double standard she sees when people tell her Death with Dignity is "against God's will".
In a follow-up to last week's study published in the New England Journal of Medicine of the program Seattle Cancer Care Alliance created to allow for patient access to Washington's Death with Dignity Act, the journal shared a debate about these laws.
The UK Commission on Assisted Dying found there is a strong case for legalization.
Did you know you're able to leave a legacy and ensure our long-term financial strength with your bequest?

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The greatest human freedom is to live, and die, according to one's own desires and beliefs. From advance directives to physician-assisted dying, death with dignity is a movement to provide options for the dying to control their own end-of-life care.

Death with Dignity National Center is the leader in this movement, successfully establishing, advancing and defending the landmark Oregon and Washington Death with Dignity Acts.

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The Death with Dignity National Center partners with the Oregon Death with Dignity Political Action Fund to conduct lobbying and political activities in order to achieve the enactment of Death with Dignity laws in other states.

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