End of Life Option Act

In medicine and in health, we have many options. We can choose to exercise regularly, or not. Choose to take this medication, not that one. Choose to have this procedure preventatively, or wait until we know for sure. And with increasing advances in medicine and technology, people are living even longer and being faced with even more choices, sometimes increasingly difficult.

Our health care decisions all lead us to the same place: we all will die. And yet when it comes to how we die, we don't have many options. There are now 11 states where Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) is legal, where those of sound mind and a terminal diagnosis can choose to take medication that ends their own life. What?? That's crazy! What?? That's amazing! Gasp! That's terrible! Whatever your initial response, it is important to know what this option really means: who qualifies, the process, who…