Connecticut Woman Ends Her Life by Legal Euthanasia in Vermont
A Connecticut woman who fought for Vermont to extend their euthanasia law to allow people from other states to travel there to die has ended her life as part of a settlement allowing her access to their assisted suicide program.
Lynda Bluestein, 76, died by euthanasia in Vermont on Thursday.
Bluestein was battling fallopian tube cancer.
The euthanasia advocacy group Compassion & Choices filed a lawsuit against the state of Vermont on Bluestein’s behalf in August 2022.
The lawsuit argued that the state not offering assisted suicide services to non-residents violated the U.S. Constitution.
The New York Daily News reports, “The state agreed in March to let Bluestein die there legally, then in May extended that right to all terminally ill people wishing to end their lives when they choose.
