Support Death with Dignity bill in Massachusetts

What if we discovered ourselves in a state of affairs the place we’ve been recognized with a terminal sickness, going through demise inside months and have been struggling fixed, insufferable ache that palliative care has not been in a position to relieve?  Personally, I’d discover it comforting to know there was another choice obtainable – one the place I may finish my life with dignity, with out ache, say my last goodbyes and be surrounded by family members as I peacefully go.

The Finish of Life Choices Act/Loss of life with Dignity invoice offers us this selection.

Finish of Life Choices Act (S.1384), at present earlier than the Massachusetts Legislature, outlines the rigorous course of a affected person should full earlier than they are often prescribed medicine to finish their ache and struggling and supply a gentler demise. To see these necessities, google “Massachusetts’s Finish of Life Choices Act – Nolo ”

Ten states already supply this selection. We might be the eleventh. The Boston Globe reported on Might 1 that 77% of Massachusetts residents assist this invoice. 

The Loss of life with Dignity invoice was given an extension on June 1 by the HealthCare Financing Committee (HCFC), after being handed by the Public Well being Committee in March.  I ask that you simply be a part of me to induce Home Speaker Ronald Mariano (ronald.mariano@mahouse.gov), Senate President Karen Spilka (karen.spilka@masenate.gov), and Rep. John Garden, HCFC co-chair (john.garden@mahouse.gov) to go this invoice in June, after which deliver it to a full flooring vote by the Home and Senate earlier than the session ends on July 31.

I hope you’ll assist this invoice. 

Ruth Silver

West Boylston