Specific polling on medical aid in dying is limited, but a 2020 Gallup poll has found broad support for patients with incurable diseases to have access to end-of-life care options. Legislation to ...

The oldest medical aid in dying law in the country went into effect in Oregon in the mid-1990s. The Massachusetts proposed law was reintroduced to the Legislature in February.

Largely along party lines, the Democratic-led chamber passed the bill, formally known as "Medical Aid in Dying," 35-27, after a debate that ran nearly three hours.

Unlike an older term, “physician aid in dying,” “medical aid in dying” also centered on the patient. “This is not a decision the physician’s making — this is not even a suggestion ...

Sadly since the introduction of the first medical aid-in-dying bill in Connecticut in 1994, opponents have made the same baseless claims disproven by more than 40 years of public data in eight ...

After his sister Julie’s death, Lynda Shannon Bluestein, 76, taught him about her experience with the ‘medical aid in dying’ process. Accessibility statement Skip to main content.

Jan Brackney, 91, rests in bed at her home in Centennial on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. Brackney started the process of using Colorado’s Medical Aid in Dying.