Lawmakers tackle death with dignity
This could be the year Hawaii legislators pass a “death with dignity” bill, several sources say.
Such legislation would give people diagnosed with terminal illness the option of getting a prescription for an “aid-in-dying drug” to help them die peacefully, rather than suffer a prolonged, painful death.
“This is the first time in 25 years that I’ve worked with this issue that I’m saying, yes, it’s very possible,” said Scott Foster, co-founder of the Hawaii Death with Dignity Society.
A 2016 survey for advocacy group Compassion and Choices Hawaii revealed 80 percent of registered Hawaii voters support physician-prescribed life-ending medication as an option for terminally ill people.
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