WEEK OF MARCH 21, 2024
VOLUME 135 | ISSUE 33
Bill could amend end-of-life medical aid Centennial residents make case for support, but Colorado Catholic Conference is opposed
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Colorado’s End-of-Life Options Act could become more accessible to people with terminal illnesses, say advocates who are supporting a bill that is winding through the state legislature. The bill would remove requirements on Colorado residency and waive mandatory minimum waiting periods for patients likely to die within 48 hours of requesting to end their lives. Those are some of the major features of Senate Bill 24-068, which would make changes to the state’s End-ofLife Options Act. The proposal allows terminally ill individuals in Colorado with six months or less to live to request medication from a medical professional that would end their life. Meghan Reese, of Centennial, supports the bill because of her mother, Kathleen McDaniel, who wanted to
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Jacob Shannon of Centennial with his mother, Lynda Bluestein, who used and changed Vermont’s medical aid-in-dying law in January and faced various barriers to access the COURTESY OF JACOB SHANNON care.
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