Eileen Mihich’s life was marked by deep suffering from a young age. She endured abuse, neglect, and trauma that left her vulnerable and struggling with serious mental illness. She needed compassion, care, and protection. Instead, she was able to obtain lethal drugs under Washington’s “Death with Dignity” law — a law with supposedly strong safeguards. Eileen did not qualify for PAS medications for multiple reasons, and yet was found dead in a hotel room with an empty bottle of lethal medication by her side. Eileen’s death serves as a stark warning about who is truly put at risk when the state authorizes doctors to prescribe drugs intended to end lives.
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