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  • March 2025: Informed Advocacy Newsletter
    March 2025: Informed Advocacy Newsletter Your trusted source for the latest Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) news. Every month, we highlight current public policy developments and media coverage that could impact Ohio's end-of-life care options. Our Truth Check section debunks misinformation and provides clear, factual insights on Medical Aid in Dying. Stay informed, and together, we can advocate for compassionate care for all Ohioans. Like the newsletter? Share with friends and subscribe here.
  • USA Today features Ohio story; Our Executive Director weighs in
    USA Today article features Ohio story; Executive Director of Ohio End of Life Options weighs in Trish Parker was a gifted painter, a devoted mother, and a woman determined to shape her own destiny — including the moment when she would leave this world. At… Read more: USA Today features Ohio story; Our Executive Director weighs in
  • February 2025: Informed Advocacy Newsletter
    February 2025: Informed Advocacy Newsletter: Your trusted source for the latest Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) news. Every month, we highlight current public policy developments and media coverage that could impact Ohio's end-of-life care options. Our Truth Check section debunks misinformation and provides clear, factual insights on Medical Aid in Dying. Stay informed, and together, we can advocate for compassionate care for all Ohioans. Like the newsletter? Share with friends and subscribe here.
  • Good Grief Podcast: Nikki the Death Doula and Lisa Vigil Schattinger discuss Medical Aid in Dying
    Good Grief Podcast: Nikki the Death Doula and Lisa Vigil Schattinger discuss Medical Aid in Dying January 29, 2025 Listen wherever you find your podcasts.
  • January 2025: Informed Advocacy Newsletter
    January 2025: Informed Advocacy Newsletter Your trusted source for the latest Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) news. Every month, we highlight current public policy developments and media coverage that could impact Ohio's end-of-life care options. Our Truth Check section debunks misinformation and provides clear, factual insights on Medical Aid in Dying. Stay informed, and together, we can advocate for compassionate care for all Ohioans. Like the newsletter? Share with friends and subscribe here.
  • OAAPN Conference Attendee landing page
    Welcome OAAPN Attendees. We've created a landing page for you to find all of the materials we had at the table. Take a look and reach out to us with any questions you may have.

 
March 2025: Informed Advocacy Newsletter

March 2025: Informed Advocacy Newsletter
Your trusted source for the latest Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) news. Every month, we highlight current public policy developments and media coverage that could impact Ohio’s end-of-life care options. Our Truth Check section debunks misinformation and provides clear, factual insights on Medical Aid in Dying. Stay informed, and together, we can advocate for compassionate care for all Ohioans.
Like the newsletter? Share with friends and subscribe here.

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March 13, 2025 No Comments
February 2025: Informed Advocacy Newsletter

February 2025: Informed Advocacy Newsletter:
Your trusted source for the latest Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) news. Every month, we highlight current public policy developments and media coverage that could impact Ohio’s end-of-life care options. Our Truth Check section debunks misinformation and provides clear, factual insights on Medical Aid in Dying. Stay informed, and together, we can advocate for compassionate care for all Ohioans.
Like the newsletter? Share with friends and subscribe here.

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February 11, 2025 No Comments
January 2025: Informed Advocacy Newsletter

January 2025: Informed Advocacy Newsletter
Your trusted source for the latest Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) news. Every month, we highlight current public policy developments and media coverage that could impact Ohio’s end-of-life care options. Our Truth Check section debunks misinformation and provides clear, factual insights on Medical Aid in Dying. Stay informed, and together, we can advocate for compassionate care for all Ohioans.
Like the newsletter? Share with friends and subscribe here.

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January 9, 2025 No Comments
Jack Has a Plan

October 7 and 9, 2022. Meet director Bradley Berman after watching Jack Has a Plan. Ohio End of Life Options is the Community Partner at the Chagrin Documentary Film Festival and at Mariemont Theatre in Cincinnati in October.

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September 6, 2022 2 Comments
Executive Director Invited to Speak at National Oncology Nursing Society Congress

In April, Lisa Vigil Schattinger and her mother, Janet Rowe spoke about Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill at the invitation of the Oncology Nursing Society at its annual convention in Anaheim, California. The room was packed for the two-hour session. One of the interviews Lisa gave after the meeting became one of the most popular posts for June on OngologyNursingNews.com.

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August 24, 2022 No Comments
Kentucky Doctors Voice Support

Doctors who specialize in geriatric medicine say they’re seeing Kentuckians with advanced cancer and other serious illnesses travel out of state to end their lives on their own terms. It may mean going to Oregon, which as of [4/1/2022] will no longer require a person to establish residency to be eligible for medical aid in dying.

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July 1, 2022 No Comments
Letter to the Editor by Executive Director

Consider U.S. Laws before Canada’s:
Our executive director, Lisa Vigil Schattinger read a piece in the Cleveland Plain Dealer last week and knew immediately that she needed to respond. Her Letter to the Editor was published on Cleveland.com and in the digital/print edition on November 27, 2021.

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November 28, 2021 No Comments
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We’re Hiring! Join Our Team.

We are looking for a self-motivated part-time (10-15 hours/week) Administrative Assistant to perform a variety of administrative and clerical tasks. Duties of the Administrative Assistant include providing support to our executive director, board of directors, and contractor staff, assisting in office needs, and managing our company’s general administrative activities with an emphasis on database management.

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June 8, 2021 No Comments

Board Chair Responds: Ohio needs a Medical Aid in Dying law

George Will, a Washington Post columnist, is a conservative. But that is not in conflict with his belief that terminally ill people should be able to end their lives using prescription medications. Will made his position clear in two recent pieces published in The Plain Dealer

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February 2, 2022 1 Comment
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