By Teresa Barron EOLWA volunteer New Mexico has joined the movement toward expanding end-of-life options. With the passing of HB 47 on March 15, New Mexico removed criminal and civil liability for health care providers who help terminally ill patients end their...
A State Legislature Update by Sebastian Moraga We came so close. After passing in the House of Representatives, HB 1141, the bill that would have updated our state’s current Death With Dignity law, headed to the Senate. It died there, but not without leaving a...
A NOTE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE EDITOR, JUDY KINNEY AFTER ONE YEAR AT THE HELM OF EOLWA Do you remember what you were doing a year ago? Last May I was in my first days as End of Life Washington’s Executive Director. I had just moved back to Seattle after three...
By Sebastian Moraga To return to the Featured Articles page for the Spring 2021 E-Newsletter, click here Say it with me once: Muerte Digna, (Moo-ert-ay Deeg-nah) That’s how you pronouce “death with dignity” in Spanish. It’s pronounced a little bit different. OK,...
Through an amicus brief submitted to the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, End of Life Washington (EOLWA), declared its support for the application of federal Right to Try laws so that terminally ill Washingtonians can access psilocybin therapy as a...
Washington State’s Death with Dignity Act provides comfort every year to dozens of patients facing a terminal illness with less than six months to live. It reduces their fear and anxiety about dying, knowing they can end their life when the pain and suffering becomes...
HB 1141: Increasing access to Death with Dignity act to reduce Washingtonian’s needless suffering at the end of their life. After 12 years of experience supporting individuals accessing the Death with Dignity law, it is clear that some of the protections in the bill...
By Bob Free/Board of Directors, President My older, smart, vibrant sister Janice was always a role model for me. She was the first in our family to attend college, and I followed her to UC Berkeley for my degree. She was a confirmed liberal, and she paved the way for...
By Dawn Warnaca/Volunteer Client Adviser Choice at the end of life and in dying was a comfortable topic of conversation in the house where I grew up. Now I am embarking on a new avocation, helping people on their own end-of-life journeys and trying hard to find that...
The final story in a series on Voluntary Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED) comes from Jeff’s wife, Teresa. We are grateful for those who shared their stories so that others might understand an end-of-life option for those with degenerative diseases. In April...
