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By September, Nearly a Third of Americans Will Live in States With Legal Aid in Dying

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By September, Nearly a Third of Americans Will Live in States With Legal Aid in Dying
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SKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. With other members of the advocacy organization Compassion & Choices, she visited legislators’ offices. In 2024, as the State Assembly was debating the aid in dying bill, she helped unfurl a banner in the chamber gallery that read, “Stop the Suffering.”Her activism was becoming difficult.

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AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.Supported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe New old ageBy September, Nearly a Third of Americans Will Live in States With Legal Aid in DyingDespite widespread support in polls, the number of people who actually go through with the practice remains very small.Listen · 9:34 min Share full article592Credit...Bianca BagnarelliBy Paula SpanPublished May 30, 2026Updated June 1, 2026 !function(){var e="gps_module_impressions",s="gps_suppress_module",t=new URLSearchParams(window.location.search),o="1"===t.get("gps_debug")?function(e,s){console.log("[gps]",e,void…

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