Latest News:

Maine Legislative Committee to Hear Death with Dignity Bills as New Poll Shows 73% Support in the State
The Magnificent Six: D.C. Death with Dignity Act Goes into Effect
The Choice to Have a Good Death: Testimony in Support of Maine LD 347
The Element of Choice: Testimony in Support of Maine LD 347, An Act to Support Death with Dignity
Four Years of Death with Dignity in Vermont
In the Media: Death with Dignity at Crossroads in Hawaii
More Options at the End of Life: Testimony in Support of SB 261, Nevada’s Death with Dignity Bill

South Dakota

Current Status

There is no legislative activity around assisted dying in South Dakota in the current legislative session.

However, there is a citizen-driven initiative we are providing technical assistance for that aims to put a Washington-modeled assisted dying law on the 2018 ballot. Learn more and get involved at Death with Dignity South Dakota’s Facebook page.

In February South Dakota State Senate approved and later the House concurred with Resolution 11 “opposing assisted suicide.”

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