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PublishedApril 10, 2024
France is proposing to allow terminally ill patients to take lethal medication
A team of medical professionals would need to confirm that the patient has a grave and incurable illness, is suffering from intolerable and untreatable pain, and is seeking lethal medication of their own free will.
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2024
Terminally ill Connecticut woman ends her life on her own terms in Vermont
Lynda Bluestein, who had terminal cancer, ended her life by taking prescribed medication.
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2019
As deadline passes, it’s unclear which ‘people’s veto’ efforts will clear first hurdle
Groups had until Friday evening to turn in petition signatures to town clerks, the first critical step in qualifying to put a ‘people's veto’ question on the ballot next year.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2019
In the face of death, the party of a lifetime in Washington state
When Robert Fuller found out he had throat cancer, he decided to finish out his life and then end it with fatal drugs.
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PublishedAugust 25, 2019
Another View: Mainers have no obligation to sign people’s veto petitions
No one should support a position with which they disagree just to send the question to the voters.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2019
Jim Fossel: People’s veto a check on power
The direct voice of the Maine voter should be heard on the most controversial laws.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2019
Organizers turn to churches in effort to undo abortion and assisted-suicide laws
Large conservative Christian congregations are being enlisted in the drive to put the new laws on hold before they take effect in September.
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PublishedJune 12, 2019
New Maine law will allow terminally ill patients to end their lives with medication
Gov. Janet Mills acknowledges a ‘moral dilemma’ as she signs the bill to legalize medication-assisted suicide.
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PublishedJune 9, 2019
Jim Fossel: Republicans have few options in Augusta
The minority party should hold the Democrats responsible for unpopular policies, which Republicans can run against in 2020.
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PublishedJune 3, 2019
Assisted suicide bill moves closer to passage with 1-vote margin in Maine House
With the bill poised for Senate approval, Gov. Mills could have the final say on whether Maine joins 7 other states that allow a terminally ill patient to request a lethal dose of medication.
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