Opinion: Why Connecticut should legalize aid-in-dying
The state legislature will consider medical-aid-in-dying legislation this term—more than 60% of Connecticut residents support such a bill
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The state legislature will consider medical-aid-in-dying legislation this term—more than 60% of Connecticut residents support such a bill
Partway through his 300-mile trek across Connecticut, aid in dying advocate Tim Appleton stopped Thursday at the state Capitol building where he and legislative allies discussed plans to advance a long-stalled proposal to allow terminally ill patients to end their own lives.
Tim Appleton is crisscrossing CT on foot to advocate for a bill that would allow terminally ill patients to take a lethal dose of medication.
Opinion writer Susan Campbell says that with surveys saying 75% of the state's residents support aid-in-dying legislation, why is that a relatively small group of people in the state Capitol can block a bill from passing after 15 attempts?
Aid in dying advocate Tim Appleton plans to spend the next five weeks crisscrossing Connecticut on foot in a campaign to build public pressure on state lawmakers to pass long-stalled legislation allowing terminally ill adults to end their own lives with medication.