The Massachusetts End of Life Options Act (H.2381/S.1384)—which would authorize medical aid in dying—was heard by the Joint Committee on Public Health on Friday, October 1, 2021. The committee has until February 2, 2022, to advance or extend the bill.
On February 8, 2021, the Massachusetts End of Life Options Act (H.2381/S.1384) was reintroduced for the 2021/2022 legislative session by sponsors Senator Jo Comerford (Hampshire, Franklin, and Worcester) and Representative Jim O’Day (Worcester).
If passed, the legislation would give mentally capable, terminally ill Massachusetts residents the option to obtain a doctor’s prescription for medication they could decide to take to peacefully end their suffering if it becomes unbearable.
Faced with a terminal diagnosis, Massachusetts residents deserve the full range of options for care at the end of life, including medical aid in dying. Medical aid in dying allows terminally ill adults to get a prescription they can take to end their life peacefully.
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Compassion & Choices is comprised of two organizations that improve care and expand options at life’s end: Compassion & Choices (501(c)(3)) educates, empowers, defends, and advocates; the Compassion & Choices Action Network (501(c)(4)) focuses exclusively on legislation, ballot campaigns, and limited electoral work.
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The Massachusetts End of Life Options Act (H.2381/S.1384), which would authorize medical aid in dying, is still in the Joint Committee on Public Health. The committee has until Wednesday, February 2, to either advance or extend the bill.
Email the committee today and urge them to advance the bill without delay.
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