Jim O’Neil: In Addie’s Memory, It’s Time Ohio!
Jim O’Neil watched his wife, Addie, suffer a lingering death. As an advocate for a MAID law, he 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.”
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
Commentary Health Care: Medical aid in dying should not be forbidden by society’s laws
The Plain Dealer, January 23, 2022, Forum, E1 George F. Will THE WASHINGTON POST January 19, 2022 Late last year, at 3 a.m. in what is a now-normal night, Kim Hoffman awoke with “an unbelievable headache.” These are related to the 30 brain lesions, and the steroids needed to reduce the swelling of the brain. […]
Commentary: Medical aid in dying is for preventing a drawn-out death
The Plain Dealer, January 23, 2022, Forum, E6 George F. Will The Washington Post January 21, 2022 Although Amanda Villegas’s manual dexterity is hindered by her mild case of cerebral palsy, she is a gifted photographer who documented the last five days of her husband’s life with bladder cancer that metastasized. She has posted the […]
Cincinnati Enquirer/Cincinnati.com, Mom’s last wish to daughter – pass law
Terminally ill mom’s challenge to daughter: Get Ohio to approve aid in dying law by Anne Saker, Cincinnati Enquirer Published 11:02 p.m. ET Sept. 22, 2019 | Updated 9:33 p.m. ET Sept. 29, 2019 Read More