‘I’m Dying, You’re Not’: Those Terminally Ill Ask More States to Legalize Physician-Assisted Death

April 12, 2024

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(ABC News) – “Medical-aid in dying is not me choosing to die,” she says she told her 17-year-old grandson. “I am going to die. But it is my way of having a little bit more control over what it looks like in the end.”

That same conversation is happening beside hospital beds and around dinner tables across the country, as Americans who are nearing life’s end negotiate the terms with themselves, their families and, now, state lawmakers. (Read More)