Hawaii Governor Signs Medical Aid-in-Dying bill

Hawaii’s governor signed into law the medical aid-in-dying bill, making medical aid-in-dying legal in Hawaii starting January 1, 2019.  Hawaii is now the 6th state with a statute, in addition to the District of Columbia.  Montana dealt with the issue via a Montana Supreme Court opinion.  The Hawaii law provides safeguards. The law is known as “‘Our Care, Our Choice’ Act” and according to the article published in the Honolulu paper, took two decades to become a reality.