Bill signed into law
Quebec: new law allows MAID and advanced consent
Bill 11 grants access to MAID to people with a severe physical impairment and a serious or incurable disease.
June 11, 2023
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Bill signed into law
Hawai’i: Law HB650 expands access to MAID
New law increases access by reducing mandatory waiting times and allowing nurses to be providers.
June 8, 2023
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Portugal
Portugal: assistance in dying law passed
Assistance in dying will finally be accessible to those >18 years who are terminally ill or suffering intolerably.
May 13, 2023
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Bill signed into law
Netherlands makes active end of life possible for children under 12 years
Dutch doctors fought hard to expand right-to-die law to include children 1-12 years suffering excrutiating pain.
April 16, 2023
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New South Wales
VAD bill passed NSW parliament and became law
Today, the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 has passed the parliament of New South Wales. The Lower House voted the Bill into law after the Upper
May 19, 2022
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South Australia
South Australian VAD bill approved to law!
In the morning of June 24, the South Australian Lower House approved final amendments and ratified the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2020. South Australia is
June 25, 2021
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Australia
WFRtDS congratulates Tasmania with VAD law
At April 22, the Tasmanian End of Life Choice Act 2020 has received Royal Assent. The World Federation of Right to Die Societies congratulates Tasmania,
April 26, 2021
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Bill
New Mexico signed End of Life Options Act into law!
On April 8, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed New Mexico’s Elizabeth Whitefield End of Life Options Act into law. With the Governor’s signature, New
April 11, 2021
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Victoria becoming the first State with legally assisted dying
After passage with 47 to 37 in the Victorian Lower House in a 26 hour marathon session, the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017 was referred
November 28, 2017
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