The Columbus Dispatch and Dispatch.com feature columns and letters

My grandpa’s reality was an agonizing pain Ohio refused to let him end | Opinion by Shara Baumgartel and David Hollister’s My life is ending. Other Ohioans deserve Medical Aid in Dying | Opinion

The Enquirer and cincinnati.com features Tom Bretz

“If my cancer progresses to a point at which it can no longer be treated and I’m facing the end of my days, I’d like to be able to determine what my final day looks like.” by Tom Bretz, Board Member of Ohio End of Life Options. Contact Tom to get involved in Southwest Ohio..

David Hollister responds in NYTimes

Ohioan David Hollister [1961-2025], who had ALS, responds with a Letter to the Editor in The New York Times. He wanted access to MAID to achieve a peaceful death.

Jim O’Neil: In Addie’s Memory, It’s Time Ohio!

Jim O’Neil said, “I do not know what God has planned for us after death, all I know is that we will ALL find out at some point. I cannot believe that he is a vindictive God and would punish one of his children for accelerating the time of their meeting by a few days, weeks or months.”

The Generational Impact of ALS: The Importance of Advance Planning

Written by: Laura Taxel

Brandy Gleason’s mother, Nannette Livingston, passed away in 2019 at 56. The cause of death was ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The same disease took Brandy’s grandmother and great-grandfather. Often called Lou Gehrig’s Disease in memory of the famous New York Yankees baseball player whose career it ended in 1939, ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that starts with muscle weakness and leads to loss of all motor function and ultimately complete paralysis. It is always fatal.