New York’s Radical Assisted Suicide Bill Heads to Governor’s Desk

The measure is similar in many ways to Oregon’s ‘Death With Dignity Act,’ but goes even further by allowing doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to vulnerable New Yorkers with no mandated waiting period.
American Medical Association Reaffirms Opposition to Assisted Suicide

‘[T]he AMA’s position on physician assisted suicide is … that the profession of medicine should not support the legalization or practice of physician assisted suicide or see it as part of a physician’s role.’
Physicians, Advocates Blast Oregon’s Radical Assisted Suicide Bill in Second Public Hearing

SB 1003 came before the Oregon Senate for its second public hearing on June 2 following strong opposition and subsequent amendments earlier in the legislative session.
Oregon Assisted Suicide Bill Receives Strong Pushback in Second Public Hearing

“What we’re facing is not a decision on ‘death with dignity,’ we’re facing a decision on death on demand.”
Delaware Becomes 12th Jurisdiction to Legalize Physician-Assisted Suicide

A few short weeks after coming into office, current Governor Matt Meyer fulfilled his campaign promise to sign HB 140 into law.
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