The End of Life Options Act, also known as the Death with Dignity Act, currently being considered by the Massachusetts Legislature would afford a terminally ill person such a death. A terminally ill person could receive a prescription from their doctor that would provide them with a painless death at a time of their choosing. They would not have to have their final hours, days or weeks filled with unrelenting pain or incapacitating breathlessness and the progressive loss of the ability to perform even the simplest acts of daily life.”