Panel Votes To Ban Assisted Suicide

Legislation to outlaw physician-assisted suicide in Idaho has cleared the Senate State Affairs Committee, which just voted to send SB 1070 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it pass. The bill was sponsored by anti-abortion activists, but was negotiated with the Idaho Medical Association, which got wording added to protect physicians making appropriate patient-care decisions for dying patients or following those patients’ living wills or advance care directives/ Betsy Russell , Eye On Boise. More here .

Question: Would you want the ability to resort to assisted suicide for your end-of-life decisions?