WMAL Interview - SEAN CROWLEY - 10.06.16

INTERVIEW -- SEAN CROWLEY -- Spokesperson for Compassion & Choices, a group advocating for the D.C. death with dignity bill

Advocates for the D.C. Death with Dignity Act praised the D.C. Council’s Health and Human Services Committee for approving the bill by a 3-2 vote this afternoon, so the full D.C. Council can consider the bill before the end of the year.

About DC Bill: The legislation would give mentally capable, terminally ill adults the additional end-of-life care option of medical aid in dying. It would enable them to get a doctor’s prescription for medication they could take to die peacefully in their sleep to stop unbearable suffering.

Two out of three (67%) of D.C. residents support the right of terminally ill adults with less than six months to live to legally obtain medication to end their lives, according to a July 2015 Lake Research poll.