What Next: Fighting for the Right to Die

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4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

A self-described activist had late-stage, fallopian tube cancer. She didn’t live in one of the 11 jurisdictions that allows terminally-ill patients the choice to medically end their own lives. But rather than relocating, she argued Vermont’s residency restrictions were unconstitutional. Guest: Lynda Bluestein, a 75-year-old woman seeking to end her life on her terms, who successfully sued Vermont over their residency requirement in their “Patient Choice At End of Life” law. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Amicus—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I would dream first home, probably a doer-upper, put our ons damp on it.
0:03.3	Sounds like a nightmare, which is why I keep saying we should look at new builds.
0:06.4	But they're all so watertight, asshole-free.
0:08.4	Boring, just white boxes.
0:10.2	Well, we can decorate an old liquor painted in there.
0:12.4	Hmm.
0:13.5	Like a nice shade of grey.
0:15.2	We are not having grey walls.
0:16.8	Why not?
0:17.6	Why not?
0:18.4	Whatever stage of the process you're at,
0:20.1	Halifax's online first-time buyer events are full of useful tips and guidance.
0:24.8	Halifax, it's a people thing.
0:26.8	For more information, search Halifax first-time buyer events.
0:56.8	Linde Bluestine
1:17.3	is operating on a deadline.
1:20.6	Yeah.
1:21.1	Yes.
1:23.1	In all the meetings of that word, yes.
1:26.4	Linda does not know when this deadline will hit.
1:29.2	Just that it'll hit very soon.
1:36.4	Linda's got cancer.
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