Bills are likely to be introduced in the next session of the Massachusetts legislature that would allow doctors in certain circumstances to prescribe lethal drugs to terminally ill patients.
For a decade, advocates in Massachusetts have sought to legalize medical aid in dying, or what is sometimes called doctor-assisted suicide or death with dignity.
Candidates for House and Senate seats are being asked to take a position, and several attended a press conference in Northampton this week hosted by advocates for end-of-life legislation.
WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with John Berkowitz, director of Pioneer Valley Death with Dignity.
