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physician-assisted suicide

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Mar 22, 2019

Md. Senate panel approves amended medically assisted suicide bill

ANNAPOLIS – The full Senate may begin to consider as early as Monday legislation that would allow terminally ill patients over age 21 to request and receive life-ending medication from […]

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Mar 21, 2019

Divided Senate panel debates physician-assisted suicide bill

ANNAPOLIS – A Senate committee appeared deeply divided Thursday over legislation that would allow terminally ill patients to request and receive life-ending medication from their physicians who conclude they have […]

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Feb 16, 2017

Doctor-aided suicide called personal right, mercy killing at House hearing

A bill to allow terminally ill adults access to lethal doses of medicine draws praise from leading civil rights group but scorn from advocates for the disabled.