Bill introduced called Death with Dignity
HB 1021, Death with Dignity was assigned to the Health and Government Operations Committee. This bill is an assisted suicide measure. As a member of the Environment and Transportation Committee, I was not able to hear the testimony on this bill, nor will I be able to vote on the bill unless it comes out of the HGO committee.
HB 1021, Death with Dignity, is a deeply flawed bill. Regardless of where you stand on the issue of assisted suicide, this particular bill is not ready for prime time. My concerns are:
Screening for depression is not required
No family notification is required
No doctor or nurse is present when the person commits suicide
Not enough safeguards to prevent someone from needlessly taking their own life
I will not be supporting this bill and I do not think it will get out of committee this year. It's literally a matter of life or death and a very important bill to get right.
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3 comments:
I hope this is passed and we could show how it is done with Obama being the 1st. person to lead by example.
Well, that's a little extreme.
I agree with her. Bout time someone uses common sense. Needs more time and sorting out. I don't have any problems with it. If your in pain and its going to happen .....let them. If your religious its a hard call. No more pain physically but for eternity. If your not religious and a doc says your of sound mind and not even sick and still want to then go for it. One less dummy. Natural selection and a persons right to do what they want to their own body!
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