Looking Back, Moving Forward: 25 Years of Death with Dignity in Oregon
September 11, 2019
Twenty-five years after Oregon voters passed the Oregon Death with Dignity Act—the first statute of its kind in the world—we are launching a series chronicling the campaign that led to its passage.
A Personal Connection Inspires Donors to Support Death with Dignity
August 8, 2019
Our work is made possible by generous donors across the country who share our commitment to ensuring all Americans have the right to decide how they die. For Max Roman and Kappy Wells, a personal connection to the death with dignity movement inspires them to support our work.
New Death with Dignity Stories: Hensleigh Crowell, Sara Deskar, Kelly Willis
December 20, 2018
Every day, we hear from individuals who have lost a loved one to a terminal illness. Their personal stories inform their support of aid in dying and inspire us to continue working toward the day when all terminally ill Americans have the right to decide how they die.
“What Needed to be Done”: Barbara Roberts on the Past, Present, and Future of the Death with Dignity Movement
October 27, 2017
Former Oregon Governor Barbara Roberts reflects on her decades of leadership in the Death with Dignity movement catalyzed by her late husband, Frank.
Deborah Ziegler: “My Only Child”
December 27, 2016
My only child, Brittany Maynard, died at age twenty-nine of a brain tumor. When Britt was initially diagnosed here in California with glioblastoma, she knew her disease was not only going to be a challenge to treat, but…
New Stories: Reese, Jenny, and Shameeka
March 18, 2016
Our most recent stories come from the South: Alabama, Missouri, and Texas. Do you have Death with Dignity story to tell? Please share it with us. Reese: Let Me Decide Reese is a retired nurse in…
New Stories This Year: Lenore Avin, Anne Lower, Joseph Halsey
February 12, 2016
This year we’ve published three stories so far, from California, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Do you have Death with Dignity story to tell? Please share it with us. Lenore Avin: The Opportunity to Die with Dignity…
New Stories This Week: Jordan Zweigoron and Lori Novak
December 18, 2015
This week we published two new stories, from California and Minnesota. Do you have Death with Dignity story to tell? Please share it with us. Jordan Zweigoron: Every Entrepreneur Will Want the Option Jordan Zweigoron is a…
New Stories This Week: Melissa Wood, Christina Derwey, Holly Berg, Amy Neese, and Mary Klein
December 13, 2015
This week, we published five new stories, from California, District of Columbia, Massachusetts, and two from Texas. Christina Derwey: I Want to Have the Choice Christina Derwey is a retired postal worker in Crescent City, California. She…
Public Displays of Cancer
January 23, 2014
There isn’t much to add to the ongoing cultural conversation about Lisa Bonchek Adams, a woman with stage 4 breast cancer who is using Twitter and the blogosphere as a platform to tell her life’s story, and Emma…