Nevada

Status of Medical Aid in Dying

In a recent 2024 poll, 63% Nevadans support that terminally ill patients should be allowed the option to use medical aid in dying.

Faced with a terminal diagnosis, people in your state deserve the full range end-of-life care options, including medical aid in dying. Medical aid in dying allows terminally ill adults to get a prescription they can take to end their life peacefully.

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Las Vegas Mom Who Fought for Passage of Nevada End of Life Options Act Dies
July 26, 2023

Lynda Brooks-Bracey Died 2-1/2 Weeks After Governor Lombardo Vetoed Bill  Lynda Brooks-Bracey, a 57-year-old Las Vegas  mom with pancreatic cancer, who used her last months of life to advocate for a Nevada bill that would allow have allowed terminally ill adults the option of medical aid in dying to peacefully end unbearable suffering, has died. Her death…

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Gobernador Lombardo de Nevada Se Convierte en el Único Gobernador en el País en Vetar Medida de Ayuda Médica para Morir, le Falla a Personas Que Se Están Muriendo en Nevada
June 5, 2023

Carson City, Nev. – 5 de junio del 2023) El Gobernador Joe Lombardo decepcionó hoy a los votantes de Nevada al vetar el End of Life Options Act (SB 239) que permitiría a los adultos del estado con enfermedades terminales, la opción de obtener ayuda médica para morir para terminar con un sufrimiento insoportable. Una reciente…

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Nevada Governor Lombardo Becomes Only U.S. Governor to Veto Medical Aid-in-Dying Bill, Failing Terminally Ill Nevadans
June 5, 2023

Dying Mom Expresses Deep Disappointment at Governor’s Veto (Carson City, Nev.) Gov. Joe Lombardo failed Nevadans today by vetoing the End of Life Options Act (SB 239) that would allow terminally ill adults in the state to have the option of medical aid in dying to peacefully end unbearable suffering. An overwhelming 82% of Nevadans support medical aid-in-dying legislation….

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Medida de Ayuda Médica de Morir es Aprobada por Asamblea de Nevada
May 25, 2023

Medida de Ayuda Médica de Morir es Aprobada por Asamblea de Nevada Una madre de Las Vegas que se está muriendo, así como personas cuyos seres queridos sufrieron innecesariamente antes de morir, elogiaron hoy a la Asamblea de Nevada por aprobar una medida que permitiría la ayuda médica para morir  para poner fin pacíficamente al sufrimiento insoportable. La…

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Nevada Medical Aid-in-Dying Bill Clears Assembly
April 25, 2023

Dying Mom, Supporters Urge Governor Lombardo to Sign End of Life Options Act A dying Las Vegas mother, and families of loved ones who suffered needlessly while dying, praised the Nevada Assembly for passing a bill that would allow terminally ill adults the option of medical aid in dying to peacefully end unbearable suffering. The End of Life…

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