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In August 2022, a Connecticut resident with end-stage cancer sued Vermont to invalide the law's residency requirement for medical aid-in-dying, arguing that it was unconstitutional. [68] Vermont settled the case by removing the non-resident requirement, becoming the first state to allow doctors to prescribe lethal medication to non-residents. [69]
"Clearly, a majority of doctors support medical aid in dying, and many palliative and hospice doctors want the ability to have this option for their patients who want it," he said in a statement ...
In the state of Oregon's 2015 survey, they asked the terminally ill who were participating in medical aid in dying, what their biggest end-of-life concerns were: 96.2% of those people mentioned the loss of the ability to participate in activities that once made them enjoy life, 92.4% mentioned the loss of autonomy, or the independence of their ...
Act 39 of 2013 established the U.S. state of Vermont's Patient Choice and Control at End of Life Act (Vermont Statutes Annotated Sec. 1. 18 V.S.A. chapter 113), [1] which legalizes medical aid in dying (commonly referred to as physician-assisted suicide) with certain restrictions.
Medical aid in dying is authorized in 10 states and Washington, D.C. These laws allow terminally ill adults who are within 6 months of death to request a prescription for aid-in-dying medications.
CONCORD — The End of Life Options Act, which would allow terminally ill people in New Hampshire to choose to receive medical aid in dying, gained its first victory in the House Judiciary ...
In other countries, these percentages were much higher - for example, 60% of Dutch physicians have prescribed medication for physician-assisted suicide; in the Netherlands and Belgium, over half of doctors reported patient requests for aid in dying.
FILE - The Vermont State House stands on Feb. 14, 2023, in Montpelier, Vt. Vermont on Tuesday, May 2, became the first state in the country to change its medically assisted suicide law to allow ...