Senate Bill 311, dubbed the End of Life Options Act, died in the state Senate Wednesday with a tie vote of 23-23. The House of Delegates passed the measure, 74-66, following a heated debate. The legislation had already failed several times before in the state’s General...
Dr. James L. Mostrom A recent “educational program” in Syracuse by End of Life Choices NY (EOLCNY) suggested that medical aid in dying was not really suicide. I beg to differ, along with the American Medical Association (AMA), whose Code of Medical Ethics states that “Physician-assisted...
Despite fresh optimism at the Capitol and a change of heart by the state’s medical society, leaders of the legislature’s Public Health Committee could not muster enough support Monday to advance a controversial measure allowing doctors to prescribe a lethal dose of medication to terminally...
The legalization of medical assistance in dying (MAID) in Canada has resulted in some people choosing to donate their bodies to anatomy programs, but it has raised profound ethical issues, says McMaster University's head of anatomy...
New Jersey is poised to enact a law known as “Aid in Dying” which would allow terminally ill individuals who have less than six months to live to obtain medication they could take themselves to induce death. But a handful of Republican lawmakers are concerned the...
Assisted suicide is dead in the water in Maryland after the state Senate failed to advance a legalization bill. On Wednesday, the Senate stalemated on legislation that would have allowed doctors to provide lethal prescriptions to patients diagnosed as terminally ill. The vote came two weeks...
Later this week the Public Health Committee may or may not debate legislation that would allow a terminally ill patient with six months to live to take their own life. Rep. Jonathan Steinberg, D-Westport, said he doesn’t know yet if he has the votes. If...
A measure that would have legalized medically assisted suicide in Maryland was defeated Wednesday on a dramatic tie vote in the state Senate. Sen. Will Smith, the bill’s sponsor, said he hoped senators will build on this year’s work on the bill as they debate the...
NOT AGAIN. No one can charge the advocates of assistance in dying with stoic acceptance of defeat. Every two or three years they return to their cause with conviction, but the flaws in their arguments remain the same. We freely grant that most of those who...
