A Connecticut bill to allow terminally ill people to choose to end their own lives has once again stalled in the general assembly.
Advocates have tried to pass the Medical Aid in Dying bill for years in Connecticut, while nearly a dozen other states have passed aid-in-dying laws.
State Senator Will Haskell is a Democrat from Westport who advocated for the bill. He said he’ll keep trying to pass the bill in future sessions.
“We’re going to try to write and pass a bill that has the necessary guardrails to make sure that there’s no abuse or misuse of the system. But that we can relieve pain for those who are suffering, and that we don’t infringe upon the religious beliefs of others,” Haskell said.
Opponents say the bill amounts to physician-assisted suicide. The Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice said the bill as it was written could create loopholes that could potentially complicate murder cases.
