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Medical aid in dying law takes effect

STAR-ADVERTISER / APRIL 2018

Gov. David Ige signed House Bill 2739 “Our Care, Our Choice Act” on April 5. The law was modeled after Oregon’s law. After Ige signed the bill he hugged lobbyist John Radcliffe, who was diagnosed with cancer and who first filed the right-to-die lawsuit.