…iminate patient protections in their website FAQs, as recently as April 12, 2021. The notation states, “Death with dignity statutes contain a number of safeguards, protecting patients from abuse and coercion … the patient must make two oral requests, at least 15 days apart.” (Source: https://www.deathwithdignity.org/faqs/). But in this new bill, proponents want to eliminate this very “safeguard” they once held up. This rush to erode the safeguards…
…tates (HI, WA, VT) also introduced bills to amend their waiting periods. In 2021, California enacted that change. Prospective assisted suicide states also introduced bills with shorter or waivable waiting periods. In 2021, New Mexico enacted that change. 40 Assisted Suicide Expansion in the U.S. Many states have been considering bills to expand the types of clinicians qualified under the law. Who can provide assisted suicide – advance practice reg…
…percent of individuals outlived their 6-month prognosis[9] in 2020, 3.8% in 2021[10] and 5.8% in 2022.[11] This does not take into account the individuals who took the drugs quickly but may have survived if they had waited longer. The definition of “terminal” in the Oregon statute only requires that the doctor predict that the person will die within six months. There is no requirement that the doctor consider the likely impact of medical treatment…
…th Disability And Their Health Care” Health Affairs 40:2, 297-306, February 2021https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01452, [4] The number of witnesses was reduced from two to one in Bill C-7, which received royal assent on 2021-03-17. [5] Woman with disabilities nears medically assisted death after futile bid for affordable housing, CTV News, April 30, 2022, https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/woman-with-disabilities-nears-medical…
…percent of individuals outlived their 6-month prognosis[5] in 2020, 3.8% in 2021[6] and 5.8% in 2022.[7] This does not take into account the individuals who took the drugs quickly but may have survived if they had waited longer. There is no requirement that the doctor consider the likely impact of medical treatment in terms of survival. Oregon reports [show] that non-cancer conditions found eligible for assisted suicide have grown over the years….
