HARTFORD, CT—Connecticut will not be one of the state’s to adopt aid-in-dying legislation as its chief proponent threw in the towel Monday, not allowing the bill to come up for vote in front of the Public Health Committee.
“We just didn’t have the votes,” Rep. Jonathan Steinberg, D-Westport, co-chair of the committee said.
He said it also won’t be an issue next year since the membership of the committee won’t change.
The State of Connecticut Suicide Prevention Plan for 2020 includes
people with disabilities and chronic health conditions as a high-risk
group (similar to military veterans or the LGBT community) and discusses
assisted suicide as a possible contributing factor to the problem. The
Plan states:
Assisted suicide bill won't be voted on by Connecticut legislative committee this session
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, March 25, 2014 - 7:32 pm EDT
HARTFORD,
Connecticut. A bill that would allow Connecticut physicians to
prescribe medication to help terminally ill patients end their lives
won't be voted on during this year's legislative session, the
co-chairman of the General Assembly's Public Health Committee said
Tuesday.