Death with Dignity in the News:
- “Local Advocate Spotlight: Ohio End of Life Options,” Dignity Report (A newsletter of the Death with Dignity National Center), Spring 2016, pp. 8-9
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- Physician Assisted Suicide in Ohio, WOSU Public Media, All Sides with Ann Fisher, by All Sides Staff, January 30, 2018 – includes audio link
- Ohio Considers bill to legalize medically-assisted suicide, by Ted Hart, NBC4 Columbus, January 24, 2018 – includes video link
- Columbus lawmaker’s proposal would allow physician-assisted suicide in Ohio, by Randy Ludlow, The Columbus Dispatch, January 23, 2018
- Statement of the American Association of Suicidology: “SUICIDE” IS NOT THE SAME AS “PHYSICIAN AID IN DYING”, October 30, 2017
- The True Story of How Oregonians Won the Bitter Battle for the Right to Die, by Natalie O’Neill, Willamette Week, October 31, 2017
- Opinion: Medical aid-in-dying laws do not authorize assisted suicide, by Robert Olvera, The Orange County Register, October 30, 2017
- Oregon’s Death with Dignity: Barriers remain 20 years later, by Lynne Terry, The Oregonian, October 27, 2017
- She watched her ex-husband end his life under California’s new right-to-die law. ‘I felt proud’, by Soumya Karlamangla, Los Angeles Times, June 30, 2017
- In first 6 months of California right-to-die law, 111 terminally ill patients took their own lives, by Soumya Karlamangla, Los Angeles Times, June 27, 2017
- California Medical Aid-in-Dying Law Marks One-Year Anniversary, by Suzanne Potter, Public News Service, June 1, 2017
- Medical aid in dying: Should NYer’s have the option?, by Arthur Giacalone, Buffalo Law News, May 31, 2017
- At His own Wake, Celebrating Life and the Gift of Death, by Catherine Porter, The New York Times, May 25, 2017
- After a Terminal Diagnosis, This Woman Chose to End Her Life on Her Own Terms, by Nancy Stedman, Woman’sDay, February 7, 2016
- Let gravely ill N.Y.ers speed their deaths, by Rev. Johnnie Green, Jr., New York Daily News, February 8, 2017
- Diane Rehm: My husband ‘suffered through a needlessly agonizing, prolonged dying process’, by Diane Rehm, The Baltimore Sun, March 7, 2017
- Gorsuch Staunchly Opposes “Aid in Dying.” Does it Matter?, by Paula Span, The New York Times, February 24, 2017
- Inside a Terminally Ill Man’s Decision to Die and His Emotional ‘Going Away’ Parties with Friends and Family, by Nicole Weisensee Egan, People.com, February 23, 2017
- Diana Barnard: End-of-Life Law Working as Intended, Commentary, VTDigger.org, January 18, 2017
- Physician Aid in Dying Gains Acceptance in the U.S., by Paula Span, The New York Times, January 16, 2017
- Vermont Governor Says His Dying Father Used State’s Death-With-Dignity Law, by Mollie Reilly, The Huffington Post, January 5, 2017
- Mass. physicians open debate on end-of-life options, by Patricia Wen, Boston Globe, January 3, 2017
- Assisted Death: Physician Support Continues to Grow, by Robert Lowes, Medscape.com, December 29, 2016
- In Colorado, a low-price drug cocktail will tamp down the cost of death with dignity, by JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News, USAToday.com, December 15, 2016
- Lawmakers to take up ‘death with dignity’ bill in new year, by Jim Mendoza, HawaiiNewsNow.com, December 14, 2016
- Catholic lawmakers support assisted suicide despite faith, by Patricia Alex, NorthJersey.com, December 14, 2016
- Assisted Dying Wins Support Even From Evangelical Christians, by Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today, December 8, 2016
- Ohio lawmakers consider making assisted suicide a felony, by Jeremy Pelzer, Cleveland.com, December 8, 2016
- Most Americans Say Assisted Suicide is Morally Acceptable, by Bob Smietana, LifeWayResearch.com, December 6, 2016
- Death with Dignity: Thought Leader with Disability Encourages Dialogue, by Gary C. Norman, Esq. L.L.M., ACSBlog, December 5, 2016
- Colorado passes aid in dying measure, by Max Kutner, Newsweek, November 9, 2016
- Death with Dignity law explained in a 2 part video featuring the Rowe Family and Ohio End of Life Options’ founder, Lisa Vigil Schattinger, by Megan Allison, KTVL News10, November 7, 2016
- What you need to know about Colorado’s new aid in dying law, by The Denver Post, November 9, 2016
- RIGHT TO DIE: Moving away to seek options, by Monica Grimaldo, Tuscon News Now, November 3, 2016 (video)
- D.C. Council OKs right-to-die bill, by Melanie Eversley, USA Today, November 1, 2016
- Like my daughter, all Americans should have the right to die with dignity, by Deborah Ziegler, CNN.com, October 31, 2016
- ‘Death with Dignity’ laws and the desire to control how one’s life ends, by Liz Szabo, The Washington Post, October 24, 2016
- N.J. takes tough first step in allowing terminally ill right to die | Editorial, by Times of Trenton Editorial Board, NJ.com, October 23, 2016
- The Katie Couric Interview, Exclusive: Brittany Maynard’s mother on her life, last days and legacy , by Katie Couric, October 21, 2016 (Video and Yahoo.com article by Steven Shapiro)
- Assisted-Suicide Fight moves to Colorado, by Dan Frosch, The Wall Street Journal, October 16, 2016
- For the very ill, legally ending life is increasingly costly, by Andrew M. Seaman, Reuters, October 10, 2016
- Aid in Dying Movement Advances, by The Editorial Board, The New York Times, October 10, 2016
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu: When my time comes, I want the option of an assisted death, Opinion, by Desmond Tutu, The Washington Post, October 6, 2016
- The Post’s View, Make the District a place to die with dignity, Editorial Board, The Washington Post, October 1, 2016
- To die with dignity, he left the US, by Bella English, Boston Globe, September 30, 2016
- Death with Dignity in Oregon: No Evidence of Abuse or Misuse, by Roxanne Nelson, BSN, RN, Medscape, September 20, 2016
- Watching Myself Die; Why legal end-of-life options are essential to dying with dignity and autonomy. by Courtney S. Warren PhD, Naked Truth, posted 9/9/16, Psychology Today
- Should Physicians Help Terminal Patients Die? by Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, Medscape, August 25, 2016 (Video – register for free with site to access the video)
- With barbiturates and martini, Sonoma man among first Californians to die under end-of-life law, by Claudia Buck, Sacramento Bee, August 15, 2016
- I’m a Christian With Stage IV Cancer. I Want Death with Dignity. by Corrine Johns-Treat, Time, August 10, 2016
- What I Learned Helping My Sister use California’s New Law to End Her Life, by Kelly Davis, Voice of San Diego, August 9, 2016
- This terminally ill man says California’s aid-in-dying law means he can end his life ‘fully, thankfully and joyfully’, by Soumya Karlamangia, Los Angeles Times, August 3, 2016
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Despite Increasing Global Legalization of Physician-Assisted Suicide, Use Remains Rare, Penn Study Finds, Penn Medicine, July 5, 2016
- “KEZI Special Report: A Look at Death with Dignity and How it affects Families,” KEZI, May 5, 2016 (Video)
- “The Star: Oregon Woman Says Husband was Intent on Using Law to End Life,” The Star, April 27, 2016 (Video)
- Is Physician-Assisted Suicide Ethical?, by Peter Jaret, Berkeley Wellness, April 26, 2016
- 60 Minutes: Aid in Dying,” by Dr. Jon LaPook, CBS, March 13, 2016 (Video)
- Dr. Peter Rasmussen: A retired doctor and Death with Dignity advocate pondered his own death in his battle with terminal cancer. by Saerom Yoo, Statesman Journal, December 15, 2015
- The Courage to Die, by Marcia Schlottmann, Special to the Herald and News, September 13, 2015 (Video and news)
- Death with Dignity, The Sound of Ideas with Mike McIntyre (Northeast Ohio’s affiliate NPR station, Idea Stream) with Lisa Vigil Schattinger, MSN, RN, March 5, 2015
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A loved one ends his life with the help of the Death with Dignity law: Lisa Vigil Schattinger (opinion), The Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 09, 2015