As an advocate for Medical Aid In Dying, or MAID, I was encouraged to see the University of Toledo take on this critical issue during its Oct. 8 debate, “The Right to Die? A debate on physician-assisted suicide in Ohio,” hosted by the Institute of American Constitutional Thought and Leadership. The event brought the conversation home for many in northwest Ohio. Unfortunately, it also risked adding confusion rather than clarity by framing MAID in global and abstract terms, with little recognition of the careful safeguards that have guided its use for decades in 12 U.S. jurisdictions.
