![]() ![]() Advocates argue that not all terminal patients can survive the waiting period.Īnother access issue relates to how the medication must be consumed. ![]() In some states, patients must wait 15 days between each request and repeat the process with multiple physicians. There are barriers to access, such as a waiting period between formal requests. Advocates for medical aid in dying laws are pushing to ease criteria, so that more patients have access and more providers can offer support. These states include California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey, Oregon, Vermont and Washington, according to Compassion & Choices, an advocacy group.Īlthough these states allow medical aid in dying, the state laws have specific restrictions about when and how a patient can take the prescription. Eight states and the District of Columbia have death with dignity laws, also called medical aid in dying laws. Maynard had received the prescription legally in Oregon, which allows terminal patients to seek a life-ending prescription from a medical doctor, Diaz says.Ībout 21% of Americans now live in a state that allows medical aid in dying. Maynard’s final weeks also included the discussion as to when she would take a lethal prescription that would push her into a deep sleep-and then end her life. ![]() Her final weeks were filled with pain, the inability to sleep and frequent seizures, says her husband, Dan Diaz. In the autumn of 2014, Brittany Maynard was dying from brain cancer at age 28. ![]()
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