Vigil Schattinger Discusses Ohio Aid in Dying Bill on NPR
On January 30, 2018 in Columbus, Ann Fisher on WOSU’s All Sides program explored the issue of medical aid in dying, one that is new to Ohio. Lisa Vigil Schattinger, Executive Director of Ohio End of Life Options shared her family’s experience with Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act and talked about how the law there […]
Press Release: Senator Tavares Announces Death With Dignity Bill
State Senator Charleta B. Tavares (D–Columbus) will soon introduce legislation that will allow mentally competent Ohioans with a terminal condition to request and self-administer medication to end their life peacefully after meeting a series of requirements. The bill is modeled after similar laws in Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Vermont and Washington DC. “It is time we […]
Pamela Gredicak: Control Over My Death
Pamela Gredicak, from the Columbus area, has shared her story on Death with Dignity National Center’s website. We reprint it here with permission. * I was first diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease while working as a school administrator in 2001 and then diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in 2009. I am pursuing […]
Molly McMahon Graziano: Why I Support Medical Aid in Dying in Ohio
Our Director of Education and Outreach Molly McMahon Graziano wrote a guest article for Death with Dignity National Center on her thoughts on medical aid in dying and her personal experience as an end of life caregiver. We reprint it here with permission. * I was recently talking with a friend about my work with […]
“Everyone Should Have This Option”: Jan Rowe on Her Family’s Commitment to Death with Dignity
By Rebecca Schlessinger, Death with Dignity National Center, September 28, 2107