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In 2009, Montana was caught up in a heated national debate over whether terminally ill patients could expedite their deaths by taking lethal, physician-prescribed medication. More than a decade later, the state is still mired in disagreement about medical aid in dying, in part because courts and elected lawmakers have sidestepped the political hot-potato. Meanwhile, individual Montanans are confronting profound and personal questions about death in their own ways — including whether “good” deaths are even possible.
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Linda Heim knew her dad didn’t plan to wait for the cancer to kill him. For decades, he’d lived in Montana, which they’d thought was one of the few places…
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HELENA -- Montana lawmakers are considering a bill that would invalidate consent as a legal defense for doctor-assisted deaths, meaning doctors could be…
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Before adjourning for a mid-session hiatus, the Montana House gave final passage to a slate of bills, but rejected — on a tie vote — a proposal that…
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Thursday at the Montana Legislature will bring round two for a bill that would make it a crime for doctors to help someone die, making them face up to 10…
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UPDATE - 03/13/15: On third reading today, House Bill 477 criminalizing physician-assisted suicide failed on a 50 to 50 vote in the House.Today at the…
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The Montana House Monday came within one vote of approving a bill to abolish the death penalty. Helena Democrat Jenny Eck read a letter signed by 55…
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The Montana House narrowly defeated a bill that said doctors could face criminal charges for prescribing life-ending medications even if the patient made…
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In the Montana legislature Tuesday morning, two bills were heard, offering two very different answers to the same question: Does a terminally ill person…
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Tuesday at the Montana Legislature brings two opposing bills on physician-assisted suicide. Currently in state law, people with terminal illnesses can ask…