Dos años después de la implementación del  End-of-Life Options Act o Ley de Opciones de Fin de Vida, que autoriza la ayuda médica para morir para adultos con enfermedades terminales, está claro que la ley está funcionando bien en su etapa de implementación. La ley autoriza a los adultos mentalmente capaces y con enfermedades terminales…

Two years after the implementation of the End-of-Life Options Act, which authorizes medical aid in dying for terminally ill adults, it is clear that the law is working well at this stage of implementation. The law authorizes mentally capable, terminally ill adults with six months or fewer to live, the option to request a doctor’s…

The Denver lifestyle magazine 5280 set out this month to further the conversation about dying in Colorado. While the authors cover a lot of ground, from death doulas to estate planning 101, they dive into the step-by-step details about how to access Colorado’s End-of-Life Options Act. Step No. 1: Determine Eligibility For a person to…

Los latinos se unieron hoy para impulsar el apoyo a un mejor acceso a la ley Opciones al Final de la Vida, que autoriza a los enfermos terminales de Colorado a usar la ayuda médica para morir y terminar así, pacíficamente, con su sufrimiento insoportable. Una mayoría abrumadora de residentes de Colorado (65%) votó por…

Latinos joined forces today to urge support for improved access to the Colorado End-of-Life Options Act that authorizes terminally ill Coloradans to utilize medical aid in dying to peacefully end unbearable suffering. An overwhelming majority of Coloradans (65%) voted for the End-of-Life Options Act in 2016, including a majority of Latinos. The law gives mentally capable,…

Carol Folsom has discussed end-of-life options in countless settings — at farmer’s markets, libraries, club meetings, outside local businesses, and even at a funeral at the request of the bereaved family. Last year, her goal was to get Colorado citizens to sign a petition to get the Colorado End of Life Options Act on the…

The successful passage of the Colorado End of Life Options Act in November 2016 was due in part to passionate and dedicated volunteers like SueAnn Fitch, an attorney from Denver. Just days after her daughter-in-law finished treatment for breast cancer, SueAnn saw the ballot initiative in the newspaper and called C&C looking to volunteer. “Then…

In December 2016, the End of Life Options Act went into effect after Colorado voters passed it by a 2-to-1 margin — the largest medical aid-in-dying ballot victory to date. But that history-making win is just one step in expanding and protecting the end-of-life choice movement. On November 8, 2016, the Colorado End of Life…

Because a single lawmaker did not agree with it – although a strong majority in his district voted in favor – Colorado’s recently passed medical aid-in-dying law was nearly rendered inaccessible to residents. Using the budget process, Senator Kevin Lundberg (Dist. 15) cut the funding required by the state to collect data for the Colorado…