{"id":8033,"date":"2018-02-01T19:39:59","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T03:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8033"},"modified":"2018-03-06T13:31:42","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T21:31:42","slug":"doctors-condemn-massachusetts-suicide-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8033","title":{"rendered":"Doctors Condemn Massachusetts Suicide Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Bill would force every doctor to participate in prescribing lethal medication<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>The Washington Free Beacon<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Bill McMorris<\/p>\n<p>Doctors in Massachusetts are speaking out against a proposal to approve physician-assisted suicide, arguing that its <a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Bills\/190\/H1194.Html\"><em>End of Life Options Act<\/em> <\/a>could force all doctors to participate in doling out lethal medication and pressure patients into suicide.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Dr. Tom Sullivan, former president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, led more than 20 physicians into the statehouse to urge lawmakers to oppose a bill that would grant immunity to doctors who help terminal patients kill themselves. . .\u00a0 the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) overturned its long-standing condemnation of the practice and voted to remain neutral on the legislation.\u00a0 Sullivan and several other former MMS presidents spoke out against the neutral stance during debate. While they were unsuccessful in swaying the vote, they were able to insert language into the society&#8217;s stance, including conscience protections for any doctor who objected to the practice. The current bill includes no such protections . . . [<a href=\"http:\/\/freebeacon.com\/issues\/doctors-condemn-massachusetts-suicide-bill\/\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill would force every doctor to participate in prescribing lethal medication The Washington Free Beacon Bill McMorris Doctors in Massachusetts are speaking out against a proposal to approve physician-assisted suicide, arguing that its End of Life Options Act could force all doctors to participate in doling out lethal medication and pressure patients into suicide. On &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8033\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Doctors Condemn Massachusetts Suicide Bill&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,9,760,28],"tags":[1151,3206],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-8033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-news","category-proposed-laws","category-usa","tag-massachusetts","tag-massachusetts-medical-society"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Doctors Condemn Massachusetts Suicide Bill - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8033\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Doctors Condemn Massachusetts Suicide Bill - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bill would force every doctor to participate in prescribing lethal medication The Washington Free Beacon Bill McMorris Doctors in Massachusetts are speaking out against a proposal to approve physician-assisted suicide, arguing that its End of Life Options Act could force all doctors to participate in doling out lethal medication and pressure patients into suicide. 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