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…
Tag: Assisted suicide legislation
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…
PAS in 2023
With a governor openly in support of PAS and a court decision that directs this issue to the legislature, this next legislative session will be our hardest battle yet. The…
Assisted Suicide Moving Towards Passage?
MA bill in Health Care Finance Atty Gen Healy signals support Court oral arguments OR removes residency requirement Once again, the Joint Committee on Public Health has advanced the assisted…
Assisted Suicide and Conscience Protection
This is an article I wrote that was published in the Catholic Free Press on December 31, 2021. Yesterday was the legislative reporting deadline. Last year the bill was sent…
Airing Sunday on WQPH
Dr. Mark Rollo has an outstanding radio program on medical ethics that airs every Sunday on WQPH. I had the great honor and pleasure of appearing with him to discuss…
Assisted Suicide Threat, Again
New Mexico legalized assisted suicide, making it the 11th jurisdiction in the US to do so. Compassion & Choices named Massachusetts as its next target, along with Nevada. The bills(S.1384…
Nature and dignity 