There are 10 states, along with the District of Columbia, that have laws legalizing medically assisted suicide.
Action News, AccuWeather and EntertainmentA bill allowing doctor-assisted suicide in Delaware narrowly cleared the Democrat-led House on Thursday and now goes to the state Senate for consideration.
"I did not get confused," Hensley assured fellow lawmakers after the vote. Hensley said his perspective on the issue changed after his mother, who lived in California, opted for physician-assisted suicide a year ago. Several Republican lawmakers expressed ethical concerns about the Delaware legislation. They also questioned the need for it, given advances in hospice and palliative care in recent years.
"This puts the choice in the dying person's hands to determine whether or not they wish to self-administer the medicine," he said.
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