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elleng

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Mon Feb 18, 2019, 02:49 PM Feb 2019

Polarizing 'End-of-Life' Bill Returns in Legislature. [View all]

'For the fourth time since 2015, a bill that would make it legal for Maryland residents with terminal illnesses to end their life with medication is drawing fresh debate in the state legislature.

The “End-of-Life Option Act,” sponsored by Montgomery County Democratic Sen. Will Smith and Howard County Democratic Del. Shane Pendergrass, would allow patients with six months or less to live to request a physician’s aid in bringing about their own death through self-medication.

The bill is scheduled for a hearing in the House Health and Government Operations Committee Friday.'>>>

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/politics/polarizing-end-of-life-bill-returns-in-legislature/?

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