End-of-Life Options Alaska
We’re a grassroots group of Alaskans who’ve come together to provide education and encourage public discussion about Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) and build support for making this compassinate option available to terminally ill adults in Alaska.
What is Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD)?
MAiD is not currently authorized in Alaska.
MAiD is an end-of-life option, governed by state law, that allows a terminally ill, mentally competent, adult with six months or less to live — to voluntarily and legally request, receive, and self-administer a prescription medication to hasten their own death in a peaceful, humane, and dignified manner. The patient can stop the process at any time and may choose to never fill the prescription or ingest the medication.
In every U.S. jurisdiction where MAiD is authorized, a number of protections for patients, the public, and medical providers and facilities are spelled out in law.
A 2017 poll of Alaskans showed 70% are in favor of having the MAiD option.
More than 1 in 5 Americans live in a jurisdiction where MAiD is authorized.
Twenty other states have active legislation to authorize MAiD.