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MA Death With Dignity Bill Needs More Support to Pass in 2020

Updates on the Massachusetts Death With Dignity Bill (sharing their newsletter)

on Fri, 06/19/2020 - 13:46

Besides the arrival of summer and strawberries, there is SOME good news these days . . . about the MA. Death w/Dignity bill!  

It was PASSED by the Legislature's 17-member Joint Committee on Public Health on May 29  by a substan-tial majority!  

 

Many of us thought this outcome was unlikely given the overarching priority of the Legislature to deal with the pandemic crisis, and the serious disruption to the legislative process of the past three months.  We thought that at best, this bill might only be given another extension for consideration over the next few months.

 

So we're on our