That’s the day the nation’s most populous state implements a law, passed in 2015, making physician-assisted dying accessible to one in six Americans, according to its national backers, Compassion & Choices.
Read More »Viewpoints: Do you believe in the right to die?
We asked FāVS writers where they stand on this ethical dilemma: Where do you stand on the Right to Die issue?
Read More »Diane Rehm wants a national discussion of right to die
That plunged the host of the nationally syndicated radio talk show “The Diane Rehm Show” into an extended exploration of assisted dying that resulted in a 162-page memoir about her husband’s struggle, “On My Own.”
Read More »Right-to-die act inspired by Brittany Maynard passes California Senate
Right-to-die legislation passed a milestone in California Thursday (June 4) when the state Senate approved a bill to legalize physician-assisted dying in a 23-14 vote.
Read More »When dying becomes the source of life
In light of what I wrote over the past two weeks about grieving and divine healing, I find myself facing a challenge: What would I have said to Brittany Maynard, the 29-year-old woman with incurable brain cancer who committed assisted suicide on Nov. 1?
Read More »Ethicists criticize treatment of brain-dead patients
(RNS) Many doctors are questioning continued medical procedures on a 13-year-old girl declared brain-dead nearly a month ago, calling interventions to provide nutrition to a dead body wrong and unethical.
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