Maine May Pass MAD

Maine may be the latest state to pass medical aid-in-dying according to the Washington Post. The article explains the Maine House passed the bill by a one vote margin, Maine could allow terminally ill to get life-ending meds. Two days later, CNN reported that the bill has been sent to the Maine governor, Maine legislature sends bill effectively legalizing assisted suicide to governor. “The legislation, called the “Maine Death with Dignity Act,” would allow mentally-competent patients over the age of 18 ‘to make a request for medication prescribed for the purpose of ending the person’s life.'”  The vote in the Maine Senate was also close, but not quite as close as in the Maine House, passing the Senate 19-16.  The article notes that the bill “states that it does not legalize medically-assisted suicide, though if enacted, it would effectively do so.”