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

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.

Trying To Ban American Indian Mascots Via A Budget Amendment Is No Way To Govern
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Trying To Ban American Indian Mascots Via A Budget Amendment Is No Way To Govern

Tom Joyce

If the Massachusetts House of Representatives has its way, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will ban schools from having American Indian mascots.

This wouldn't happen because of a bill that made its way through the legislative process. Instead, the House wants to force its will onto municipalities on this social issue via an amendment to the proposed fiscal year 2025 budget. It's Amendment 1458, to be exact — and the legacy media and Democratic majority on Beacon Hill appears to have not said a word about it.

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