Medical Aid in Dying - Now an Option for Nearly a Half Billion People

Two months ago, I blogged that more than 364 million individuals live in a jurisdiction where they have a right to medical aid in dying (either self-administered or clinician-administered MAID). With the addition of New Mexico and Spain, that number is now 413 million.

USA - Oregon (4.2m)

USA - Washington (7.6m)

USA - Vermont (0.6m)

USA - Montana (1m)

USA - California(40m)

USA - Washington, DC (0.7m)

USA - Colorado (5.8m)

USA - Hawaii (1.4m)

USA - New Jersey (8.9m)

USA - Maine (1.3m)

USA - New Mexico (2m)

Australia - Victoria (6.4m)

Australia - Western Australia (2.6m) (effective July 2021)

New Zealand (4.9m) (effective Nov. 2021)

Switzerland (8.5m)

Colombia (50.3m)

Belgium (11.5m)

Netherlands (17.3m)

Luxembourg (0.6m)

Canada (37.6m)

Germany (83m)

Italy (60.4m) (court only, not yet implemented)

Austria (8.9m) (court only, not yet implemented)

Spain (47m)

Individuals in other jurisdictions have other options like VSED. Those with the requisite resources can travel to Switzerland where commercial MAID services are available. Or they can travel to one of the U.S. states above which have easy residency requirements.