Assisted Suicide Gains Momentum
The Democrat-controlled Maryland House of Delegates moved forward legislation to legalize assisted suicide.
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Dems Shady Maneuver to Advance Assisted Suicide
Assisted suicide opponents are accusing Democrats in New Jersey of manipulating the legislative process to pass the controversial bill.
Family Doctors’ Lobby Lifts Opposition to Assisted Suicide
One of the nation’s largest doctors’ lobbies has retracted its opposition to assisted suicide.
Delegates from the American Academy of Family Physicians, which represents more than 130,000 doctors nationwide, voted to change the group’s stance to “engaged neutrality” on the question of whether physicians should be able to prescribe lethal medications to patients. The resolution was reached at the organization’s Congress of Delegates held last week in New Orleans. AAFP president Michael Munger said in a statement posted to the group’s website that the resolution was designed to help doctors care for their patients.
CA’s Assisted Suicide Law Back On for Now
California residents can still seek lethal medication as state courts consider a ruling that would overturn its 2015 assisted suicide law.
Judge Rejects Bid to Vacate Assisted Suicide Ruling
A California judge rejected a bid from assisted suicide supporters to reverse a ruling that threatens to invalidate the 2015 law.
Appeals Court Rejects Bid to Save Assisted Suicide
A California appeals court denied the state’s bid to preserve its assisted-suicide law.
California Seeks to Resurrect Assisted Suicide
California is hoping that a state appeals court will preserve its assisted-suicide regimen after a judge struck down the law on technical grounds.
Court Tosses Assisted Suicide in California
A judge struck down assisted suicide in California, saying state lawmakers improperly enacted the law allowing patients deemed terminally ill to kill themselves.
Marine Widow Pleads with Lawmakers to Oppose Assisted Suicide
The widow of Marine-turned-anti-euthanasia activist J.J. Hanson is asking lawmakers to vote down a bid to legalize assisted suicide.
D.C. Health Defends Assisted-Suicide Implementations
The Washington, D.C., Department of Health said its assisted-suicide program is designed to protect vulnerable patients, disputing criticism from advocates that it has hampered access to lethal medication.
