In 2019, three community women asked to meet with me about a compelling community education concern. The spouses of these women had all struggled to use the VSED end-of-life option because our county’s only hospital, and associated hospice program, had religious affiliations and, therefore, was unable to support VSED.
After he died, Jean and her sister both looked at one other and said, “That’s how I’m going to die.”
I hope others might be inspired to hold frank and open conversations about fundamental questions most of us will face. It would be so much less lonely for us all.
“Medical aid in dying should not be proscribed by society’s laws or condemned by its mores.”
People with disabilities speak up for MAiD; some “rights” groups would deny them choice.
Passing a MAiD law is hard enough. Then try to implement it.
With all the ways to improve MAiD, should RTD advocates be concerned about healthy seniors who say, “I’ve lived long enough?”
When you’re a heartbeat from dying, the high-tech gizmo that keeps you alive may do so against your wishes.
A cache of old videos recalls the height of the AIDS crisis and its critical, emotional nexus with the developing right-to-die movement.
On the surface, continued passage of U.S. death-with-dignity laws appears favorable for the RTD cause. But the landscape is littered with potholes, land mines, and detours that raise more questions than the new laws address.
