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'''MONTPELIER, [[Vermont]]:''' The [[Vermont House of Representatives]] approved a bill with a 75-65 vote which would make Vermont the first state to legalize physician-aided suicide by legislation. The bill now goes to [[Governor of Vermont|Governor]] [[Peter Shumlin]] who is expected to sign it into law.<ref name=vt>[http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20130513/NEWS03/305130025/End-of-life-bill-heads-to-Vermont-Governor-Peter-Shumlin-for-signature ''Burlington Free Press,'' "End-of-life bill heads to governor for signature," May 13, 2013]</ref> | '''MONTPELIER, [[Vermont]]:''' The [[Vermont House of Representatives]] approved a bill with a 75-65 vote which would make Vermont the first state to legalize physician-aided suicide by legislation. The bill now goes to [[Governor of Vermont|Governor]] [[Peter Shumlin]] who is expected to sign it into law.<ref name=vt>[http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20130513/NEWS03/305130025/End-of-life-bill-heads-to-Vermont-Governor-Peter-Shumlin-for-signature ''Burlington Free Press,'' "End-of-life bill heads to governor for signature," May 13, 2013]</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 14:52, 3 December 2018
May 14, 2013
By Justin Haas
MONTPELIER, Vermont: The Vermont House of Representatives approved a bill with a 75-65 vote which would make Vermont the first state to legalize physician-aided suicide by legislation. The bill now goes to Governor Peter Shumlin who is expected to sign it into law.[1]
The law will take effect immediately if Shumlin signs it. It will allow terminally ill citizens to seek a lethal does of medication to end their lives.[1]
Vermont will be the third state to allow doctors to prescribe a lethal does of medication to the terminally ill. The first two were Oregon and Washington, but both states passed laws via public referendum rather than legislation.[1]
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