Jun 4, 2021
She Did It Her Way… By Leigh Ann Metheny Leigh Ann and her mother. Some people may question me calling it a gift, but it truly was. While nobody in my family wants to be without my mom, Pamela Dianne Jones, we also don’t want her suffering, and...May 28, 2021
By EOLWA staff The arrival of spring and the warmer weather brought along a foursome of new faces to End of Life Washington, including a new board member and three new staff members. Dr. Sunil Aggarwal will join the End of Life Washington Board of Directors in June...May 28, 2021
Submitted by an EOLWA volunteer ambassador To return to the Featured Articles section, please click here. Nineteen years ago, a lack of information about end-of-life choice sent my mother’s life down a tragic journey of suffering. A lack of information that...May 28, 2021
By Sebastian Moraga In December of 2019, an 11-letter word entered our lexicon and changed the lives of millions of people forever. The coronavirus pandemic, an illness as sudden as it was complex, affected all of us in one form or another. Now that vaccines have...May 27, 2021
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...May 27, 2021
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...May 27, 2021
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...May 27, 2021
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,...May 20, 2021
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...Apr 1, 2021
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...