Massachusetts Physician-Assisted Suicide Legislation Dies Again

BOSTON — The latest bill that would have legalized physician-assisted suicide in the Bay State has been sent back to study by the Joint Committee on Public Health, officially signaling the death of the legislation. 

On Monday, the House Clerk informed the New Boston Post that the legislation — which was introduced in both the Senate and in the House — had yet to receive a deadline reporting extension from the committee, and on Tuesday, the committee confirmed that both bills had been sent back to study, according to a State House News Service report.