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Delaware Governor Matt Meyer, a Democrat, signed an invoice Tuesday, the suicide of doctors, who is supported by doctors for certain terminally ill patients, legalizes and argues that the measure deals with “compassion, dignity and respect for the personal decision”.
The law at the end of life, which comes into force next year, enables mentally capable adults in which A were diagnosed incurable disease And six months or less to apply for a recipe for yourself and end your life.
“Today we acknowledge that compassion even in the last moments of life,” said Meyer when signing the law. “Every Delawara should have the right to face his last chapter with peace, dignity and control.”
The governor of Delaware, Matt Meyer, signed a legislative template to legalize suicide for the doctors for some terminally ill patients. (Governor Matt Meyer/Facebook)
“This signing today is to relieve suffering and to give families the comfort that their beloved person passed on their own conditions without unnecessary pain and surrounded by the people they love most,” he continued.
Delaware is today the 11th state that dying medical aid, joining California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont and Washington. Washington, DC, also allows suicide of doctors.
“Today, Delaware is a growing number of countries to see that decisions at the end of life belong-not politicians,” said Meyer. “This law is about sympathy, dignity and respect. There are people who suffer unimaginably, to choose peace and comfort, surrounded by those who love them. After years of the debate, I am proud to sign HB 140 into the law.”
The law for options at the end of the lifespan will be in force next year. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
Several other countries, including Canada, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands, have also legalized the so -called death with dignity.
The Delaware legislature The measure was just rejected last year, but Meyer pushed it on it in this session and lasted it last month. The governor’s signature now ends almost a decade of the debate on this topic.
According to the new law, which is sponsored by the democratic state representative Eric Morrison, patients who consider assisted suicide in the state must be presented with other options for care at the end of life, including comfort, palliative care, hospice and pain control. The invoice requires two waiting times and a second medical opinion on the forecasts of a patient before you can get a recipe for fatal medication.
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Delaware is now the 11th state, which enables medical help to die. (Getty Images)
The chairman of the majority of the Senate, Bryan Townsend, a Democrat, said that the law was “honoring autonomy and humanity of those who have unimaginable suffering from incurable diseases”.
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“This legislation exists due to the courage of patients, family members and lawyers who shared profound personal stories about love, loss and suffering,” he said in a statement.
