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Massachusetts Medical Society Drops Opposition To Physician-Assisted Suicide
Evan LipsWALTHAM — At the same time that Beacon Hill lawmakers were swept up in the frenzy over how to handle a series of explosive sexual assault allegations lodged against the civil-law husband of Senate President Stanley Rosenberg, the Massachusetts Medical Society — the statewide association representing doctors and medical students — quietly announced it has dropped its opposition to physician-assisted suicide.
The MMS vote, held Saturday by the association's governing body, the House of Delegates, decided by a 2-1 vote that association will now be adopting a neutral approach to the controversial practice.