Michigan Assisted Suicide Bills update...

A set of House bills, HB 5825-5828, were introduced to legalize assisted suicide in Michigan.  These bills are identical to the set of bills introduced last term in the Senate.  The Senate bills did not receive a hearing, but in the interim between the introduction of the Senate bills in 2023 and now, three states have legalized assisted suicide – New York, Illinois, and Delaware. Compassion and Choices, the leading national organization promoting assisted suicide, is active in our state attempting to sway public opinion to accept assisted suicide under the guise of “medical aid in dying” or “death with dignity.”  Providing lethal drugs to patients for the purpose of self-inflected death is neither compassionate nor dignified.

We have launched a Voter Voice campaign to assist you in calling or emailing your state legislators to reject these bills and any attempt to legalize assisted suicide in our state. We encourage you to share this with all of your members and volunteers and please put in calls and emails this week.  We want to send a loud and clear message to our elected officials that Michigan is a state that protects and provides for vulnerable patients; we don’t abandon the sick, elderly and disabled to assisted suicide.

Please used this link to quickly and easily contact your State Representative and Senator: https://www.votervoice.net/MiRTL/Campaigns/136615/Respond

You may have seen FOX News cover these bills. Also, Amber issued a statement on the bills this morning – you can read it and share it: https://rtl.org/assisted-suicide-bills-danger-to-vulnerable-citizens/

If you have any questions or need additional information, please don’t hesitate to contact the legislative office at 517-487-3376.

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Sincerely,

Genevieve Marnon

Legislative Director and Senior Policy Advisor

Right to Life of Michigan

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