A new law signed this week by Vermont’s governor updates the state’s policies around medical aid in dying something only 10 states and Washington, D.C..
A group of Christian doctors has sued the state of California over forcing them to participate in physician-assisted suicide. One of the doctors said the newly amended law is a political agenda, strongly against his faith, and will lead to all sorts of problems for patients.
Author Diane Rehm. Photo by Shawn Miller, Library of Congress.
Apr 14, 2021
A virtual rally in support of a bill to allow terminally ill New Yorkers to end their lives featured former public radio talk show host Diane Rehm, who is among those advocating to for the Aid in Dying Act.
Rehm’s husband, who had late stage Parkinson’s disease, in 2014 stopped eating and drinking in order to hasten his death, a painful act that took ten days.
The Rehm’s lived in Maryland, which like New York, does not allow medical aid in dying. She says the COVID-19 pandemic, where over half a million Americans have lost their lives, has made people even more aware of end of life issues.