DRIVE AT FIVE – SAMANTHA CRANE – the director of public policy at the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network. The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network is one of several disability-rights organizations that opposes legal physician-assisted death.
• DC Council votes in favor of ‘Death With Dignity’ bill. (Fox 5) — WASHINGTON – Dying with dignity – it’s a controversial issue that has been debated across the country. On Wednesday a D.C. council committee voted in favor of a bill that would make it legal to end your life if you have a terminal disease. The council hearing room was packed for the decision on Wednesday – many wore t-shirts depending on which side they were on. Before the hearing FOX 5’s Matt Ackland spoke to Mary Klein who wrote a post in the Washington City Paper titled “Let Me Die My Way.” She has terminal ovarian cancer and told FOX 5 why she wants the choice to die with dignity when the time comes. On the other side of this issue – many worry that this law could be used to coerce people into suicide because they’re elderly or even some think because financial reasons.
