Reintroduced on December 19, 2024, the Ron Silverio/Heather Block End-of-Life Options Act (HB 140) was heard and released by the House Health & Human Development on January 29, 2025. The bill now awaits consideration by the full House.
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By a two-to-one margin, Delaware residents feel that allowing doctors to legally prescribe lethal drugs to help terminally ill patients end their own lives should be an end-of-life option in the state. Read the Delaware polling memo.
Votación Define Tono para Otra Sesión Exitosa Despues de Trágico Veto del 2024 El House Health & Human Development Committee aprobó el miércoles el Ron Silverio/Heather Block Delaware End-of-Life Options Act (HB 140) en una votación, la primera de la medida en el 2025. Los residentes con enfermedades terminales de Delaware y sus defensores…
The House Health & Human Development Committee Wednesday passed the Ron Silverio/Heather Block Delaware End-of-Life Options Act (HB140) in a vote, the bill’s first in 2025. Terminally ill Delawareans and advocates hope the vote signals another momentous session following former Governor Carney’s choice to strike it down in September despite the bill’s historic passage by the Delaware Legislature and the support of 7 out of 10 Delaware voters. The bill next moves to a vote on the House floor.
In 2025, Delaware and New York are poised to reignite debates over medical aid-in-dying legislation, reflecting a nationwide shift toward end-of-life autonomy.
Despite the deeply disappointing veto of a bill to allow terminally ill adults to have the end-of-life care option of medical aid in dying to gently end unbearable suffering, advocates vowed to renew their campaign in 2025.
Afirman que el Gobernador Carney Defraudó a los Defensores con Enfermedades Terminales Que Quizá No Sobrevivan Para la Próxima Sesión Legislativa A pesar de un veto profundamente decepcionante hecho el viernes por el Gobernador saliente de Delaware, John Carney sobre una medida que permitiría a los adultos con enfermedades terminales, la opción de fin de…
Fallo no Intimida a Paciente Demandante de Delaware y Médicos Demandantes de Nueva Jersey, Consideran Apelación
For the first time, the Delaware Senate Executive Committee heard the Ron Silverio/Heather Block Delaware End of Life Options Act (HB140) and voted to advance it to the Senate floor.
Compassion & Choices presentó el martes por la tarde una demanda federal en nombre de pacientes de Delaware y Pensilvania que padecen cáncer y asimismo, en nombre de dos médicos de Nueva Jersey, afirmando que el mandato de residencia de la ley de ayuda médica para morir de Nueva Jersey viola la garantía de igualdad…
The Ron Silverio/Heather Block Delaware End of Life Options Act (HB140), which would permit medical aid in dying for terminally ill adults in Delaware, was Tuesday voted out of the House Health and Human Development committee. The bill now moves to the full House, where it will be debated and must be passed before it can move…
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