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House & Senate PAS Hearings This Week

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This week, the Maryland Against Physician Assisted Suicide coalition will be at the State House in Annapolis testifying against the “End of Life Options Act.” The Senate’s Judicial Proceedings Committee will hear SB.845 on Tuesday, March 7th at 1pm. The House’s Health and Government Operations Committee and Judiciary Committee will hear HB.933 on Friday, March...

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Maryland to Hear Testimony on PAS Bill

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Despite being defeated in their efforts every year, proponents of physician-assisted suicide (PAS) have again introduced their dangerous bill in 2023. We need your help to ensure that this bill is defeated yet again. The bill (HB.933 / SB.845) is the exact same deeply flawed legislation that our state lawmakers have rejected over and over...

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Bill Alert: Physician-Assisted Suicide Legislation Filed

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It is official: Maryland lawmakers have once again filed legislation that would legalize the dangerous practice of physician-assisted suicide (PAS). The bill, SB.845, is the same piece of legislation that has been rejected by bi-partisan opposition each year they have been introduced. Although a bill has not been filed in the House yet, we expect...

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Join Our Coalition Against PAS in Maryland

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Since 2015, the members of our coalition have traveled across the state to Annapolis to halt the movement of legislation that would legalize physician-assisted suicide (PAS) in Maryland. Each of the five sessions a bill has been filed, we utilized the unified voice of our coalition to refute the dangerous rhetoric of PAS supporters to...

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Maryland to Hear Testimony on PAS Bill

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This Friday, February 28th, at 12:00 noon, the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee will be holding a legislative hearing on the proposed physician-assisted suicide legislation – SB 701. We are asking that our coalition members turn out in full force to show our strong opposition to this legislation! We will be grouping up at 11:30 a.m....

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Dr. Janet Conway Discusses End-of-Life Options on WYPR

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With only one week until the Maryland legislature holds its first hearing on physician-assisted suicide (PAS) this year, Dr. Janet Conway, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon who serves as the Head of Bone and Joint Infection at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, joined WYPR’s On the Record radio show to discuss end-of-life options. Dr. Conway, who stands...

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Maryland to Hear Testimony on PAS Bill

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On Friday, February 28th, at 12:00 pm, the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee will be holding a legislative hearing on the proposed physician-assisted suicide (PAS) legislation – SB 701. This will be the first hearing on this dangerous proposal this session and we need your help! We are looking for volunteers to testify at the hearing,...

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WAMU Tackles Physician-Assisted Suicide

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On Wednesday, WAMU Radio aired a segment tackling physician-assisted suicide (PAS). This comes on the heels of proponents in Maryland again filing legislation that would legalize PAS. The bill (HB 643 / SB 701) is the exact same deeply flawed legislation that our state lawmakers have rejected over and over again. Katie Collins-Ihrke, Executive Director...

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Our fight to keep assisted suicide out of Maryland continues in 2020!

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Despite being defeated in their efforts every year, proponents of physician-assisted suicide have again introduced their dangerous bill in 2020. We need your help to ensure that this bill is defeated yet again. The bill (HB 643 / SB 701) is the exact same deeply flawed legislation that our state lawmakers have rejected over and...

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Breaking News: Senate Votes to Defeat PAS!

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We have some great news to share with you: The Senate voted to defeat the physician-assisted suicide bill, which effectively stops the bill for this year! The final vote was 23-23, meaning it could not advance. This would not have been possible if it weren’t for all of the help and support that you contributed...

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