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HB 2217: Euthanasia bill up for Oregon vote

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By Oregon Right to Life [5],

HB 2217 passed out of the House chamber and is scheduled for a hearing and vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, May 9. SB 579 will likely be scheduled for a Senate floor vote soon.

On April 8, a press conference was held in opposition to both Senate Bill 579 and House Bill 2217. Several state leaders and a physician with extensive knowledge on Oregon’s assisted suicide law spoke about the inherent dangers both bills will have on vulnerable Oregonians.

Senate Bill 579 [6] removes the requirement that a near-death patient wait 15 days before killing themselves by legal assisted suicide. This bill will also allow someone with malicious intent to pressure a dying person to request, receive and take deadly drugs on the same day, rather than consider other options. (Click or tap here [7] to download our fact sheet with more details about the bill.)

House Bill 2217 [8] expands a dangerous loophole in Oregon’s physician-assisted suicide law. The bill expands the ways the deadly prescriptions can be used. This will make it far easier for a person with an assisted suicide prescription to have the drugs illegally administered by someone else, which is euthanasia. (Click or tap here [9] to download our fact sheet with more details about the bill.)