My 2025 Written Testimony Opposing PAS
For the 194th General Court of Commonwealth of Massachusetts, i.e., the 2025-2026 legislative session, my testimony against the End-of-Life Options Act focused on the core provisions of the bill that…
Tag: Assisted suicide legislation
June 3 State House Event to Oppose PAS
On June 3, assisted suicide advocates have planned a lobby day. The Massachusetts chapter of Not Dead Yet, a disabilities rights group, in conjunction with Patients Rights Action Fund (PRAF),…
JPII Novena to Prevent PAS Legislation
The Massachusetts 2025-2026 legislative session will begin on Wednesday, January 8. The assisted suicide bill – The End of Life Options Act – will certainly be introduced again as it has been in every session since its defeat as a referendum in 2012. We expect it to be referred to the Joint Committee
MA Assisted Suicide Bill Sent to Senate Ways and Means
The senate version of the Assisted Suicide bill, S.1331, though accompanied by its identical House bill, did eventually end up in the Health Care Financing Committee where we expected them to…
Pre Register for Hearing October 20
A hearing for the assisted suicide (death-on-demand) bill is scheduled for this Friday, October 20 from 9 am to 2 pm. Join us – and bring your rosary! Not planning…
PAS Hearing Expected Soon
Joint Committee of Public Health Top: Senate Chair Julian Cyr and Vice Chair Jacob Oliveira Bottom: House Chair Marjorie Decker and Vice Chair Sally Kerans Hearings for the assisted suicide…
MA SJC Decision – OK If Terminally Ill
On Saturday, December 19, 2022, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court released its decision in Kligler v. Healy – the assisted suicide case. As I posted previously, only Christopher P. Schandevel…
The Newest PAS Bill Has Even More Attacks on Clinicians with Consciences
One of the first major bills introduced into the Massachusetts 2023-2024 legislative session is An Act Relative to End of Life Options. Its early designation is SD265. Joanne Comerford introduced…
Nature and dignity 