See what’s happening in your state in the current legislative session (this year). Advocate for Death with Dignity in your community!
Terminally-ill Floridians continue to die without having the option of physician-assisted dying. Urge your Florida state legislators to pass a Death with Dignity bill!
Seven in ten Americans who support the end-of-life option allowing qualified terminally ill people to end their lives through physician-prescribed medications. Show your support for Death with Dignity in your community!
Maryland Delegate Shane Pendergrass, Senator Ronald Young, and a host of co-sponsors are introducing the End of Life Option Act, a Death with Dignity bill. Tell your Maryland legislators to support the bill!
By George Eighmey, President * Since California’s End of Life Option Act passed last October, we have been receiving many calls with questions about the new law. It quickly became clear that terminally ill Californians, their loved ones, …
In the week from February 29 to March 6, 2016: Sponsors of the End of Life Option Act in Maryland Senate withdrew the bill from consideration by the Judiciary Proceedings Committee due to a lack of support. An Iowa Senate …
In the week from February 22 to February 28, 2016: The Nebraska House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on a proposed Death with Dignity bill. Physician-assisted dying bills stalled in Arizona (Senate Health and Human Services Committee) and Colorado (House …
…is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that expands the freedom of all qualified terminally ill Americans to make their own end-of-life decisions, including how they die; promotes Death with Dignity laws around the United States based on the groundbreaking Oregon model; and provides information, education, and support about Death with Dignity as an end-of-life option to patients, family members, legislators, advocates, healthcare and end-of-life care professionals, media, and the interested public.
...is a 501(c)4 nonprofit organization that acts as the political arm of the National Center, drafting Death with Dignity law based on the Oregon model; campaigning, lobbying, and advocating for Death with Dignity legislation in the 46 states that lack them; and defending Death with Dignity Acts against challenges.