In addition to the situations in Montana and New Hampshire, there’s been considerable concern of a renewed effort to reintroduce and pass a bill that would legalize assisted suicide in Hawaii.
According to the Honolulu Advertiser, that isn’t going happen – for now, anyway:
HONOLULU — The Hawaii Legislature will not take up a proposal to allow assisted suicides in the state.
House Judiciary chairman Jon Riki Karamatsu said Wednesday he will not hear a bill that would allow terminally ill adults to get a lethal dose of medication to end their lives.
Karamatsu says advocates of the measure haven’t pushed strongly for the bill to be heard this year. He says he’s open to considering it in the future.
Any day we have one less front we have to fight on is a good day. –Stephen Drake