On January 16, 2025, the End of Life Options Act (S.1486/H.2505) was introduced for the 2025-2026 legislative session by Senator Jo Comerford, Representative Jim O’Day and Representative Ted Philips.
On April 2, S.1486/H.2505: An Act Relative to End of Life Options was heard by the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Public Health. The committee has set a deadline of June 1 to move the bill.
While we wait, we ask that advocates in Massachusetts use the link below to email their legislators and ask them to co-sponsor this session’s bills.
The Massachusetts End of Life Options Act would authorize medical aid in dying in Massachusetts, bringing the full range of end-of-life care options to terminally ill Massachusetts residents. Email your lawmakers today and urge them to cosponsor the bill.
An excerpt from the Daily Hampshire Gazette letter to the editor, “All humans deserve ‘death with dignity’,” by Florence resident Elizabeth Bristow, published May 3, 2020: Death is on our minds these days. Typically it’s a subject we don’t want to talk about, but now more than ever we need to face it directly…
An excerpt from the Telegram & Gazette letter to the editor, “Doctor supports medical aid in dying,” by Gardner resident John Harrington, MD, published April 20, 2020: As a long-time hospice physician in the Gardner area, I respectfully disagree with Dr. Mark Rollo’s letter in the Telegram & Gazette of April 2. Unlike him,…
An excerpt from the Taunton Gazette letter to the editor, “Letter: A good time to take action on end-of-life options,” by Eric J. Ruby, M.D., F.A.A.P., published March 30, 2020: Is it the right time to talk about dying wishes during the coronavirus epidemic? Shouldn’t we focus on the quality of life we have…
An excerpt from The Berkshire Eagle column, “Give your support to death with dignity law,” by Deborah Golden Alecson, published March 10, 2020: It is crunch time to let our state representatives know that we want to have a dignified death when we are suffering from a terminal illness. This is possible with medical-aid-in-dying….
An excerpt from Sentinel & Enterprise letter to the editor by Massachusetts State Representative Stephan Hay (3rd Worcester), “State Rep. Hay urges Legislature to adopt ‘End of Life Options’ bill,” published March 5, 2020: …My understanding is that despite the best efforts of hospice and palliative care, as many as 25% of Americans die…
An excerpt from The Berkshire Eagle letter to the editor by great Barrington resident Linda Baxter, “State must pass Death With Dignity Law,” published March 5, 2020: I’m writing to urge support for the passage of the bill called The End of Life Options Act currently under consideration in our state Legislature. It does…
An excerpt from The Salem News letter to the editor by Marblehead resident Diane Bourgeois, “‘Death with dignity’ a humane option,” published March 1, 2020: Thanks for the great letter on Feb. 21 by Chip Ford titled “Death with dignity restores personal liberty.” After watching how much my father suffered before he died last…
An excerpt from The Salem News column, “‘Death with dignity’ restores personal liberty,” by Chip Ford, published Feb. 20, 2020: While reading the Jan. 29 letter, “Pass ‘death with dignity’ bill” by Betty Breuhaus of Marblehead, I was reminded of the end-of-life ordeal of my life partner of 20 years, Barbara Anderson. As a…
An excerpt from a Falmouth Enterprise article, “Falmouth Physicians To Appeal Aid-In-Dying Ruling,” published Feb. 6, 2020: Two Falmouth physicians, Dr. Roger M. Kligler and Dr. Alan Steinbach, are appealing a Massachusetts court ruling on their constitutional challenge to declare physicians who assist terminally ill patients in dying to be immune from prosecution for…
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