Washington lawmakers update state's medical aid-in-dying law | Kiowa County Press
Recently passed legislation lowers barriers to access Washington state's Death with Dignity Act.
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Recently passed legislation lowers barriers to access Washington state's Death with Dignity Act.
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Recently passed legislation lowers barriers to access Washington state's Death with Dignity Act. The original law was passed by voters in 2008. Cassa Sutherland, client services manager for the group End of Life Washington, said the medical aid-in-dying law was in need of modernization so more people who wanted to participate could. ...
Presentation of options, planning, legal concerns
Passed as an initiative and signed into law in the fall of 2008, Washington state’s Death With Dignity Act allows terminally ill adults seeking to end their life to request lethal doses of medication from medical and osteopathic physicians.