Physician-Assisted Suicide Bill Recommended By Second Committee In Massachusetts Legislature

A bill that would legalize physician-assisted suicide has gotten a favorable vote from a second legislative committee, leading some who read the tea leaves of the Massachusetts Legislature to wonder if this is the year it passes.
The state legislature's Joint Committee on Health Care Financing reported the measure (Massachusetts Senate Bill 1331("An Act Relative To End of Life Options")) favorably on Thursday, April 25.