On April 17, 2025 the Delaware Senate passed the Ron Silverio/Heather Block Delaware End-of-Life Options Act (HB 140) in a vote of 11-8 with two Senators absent. HB 140 now awaits consideration by Governor Matt Meyer, who publicly stated he will sign it into law following its historic first passage by the Delaware General Assembly last June and tragic veto by former Governor Carney in September.
Lawmakers need to hear from you. Urge them to make passage of HB 140 a top priority in the 2025 legislative session.
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.
Seven in 10 Delaware Physicians Surveyed Want Option of Medical Aid in Dying if They Become Terminally Ill Nearly three out of four Delaware physicians surveyed (74%) say they support current legislation that would allow terminally ill adults the legal option of medical aid in dying to end their suffering. In addition, more than three…
This legislative session is showing great promise, with encouraging progress in several states. Connecticut The Connecticut General Assembly’s Public Health Committee gave a bipartisan vote of 22-9 on March 4 in support of a medical aid-in-dying-bill. Advocates urged lawmakers to approve the bill, which has been referred to the Senate for action. “We hope the…
An excerpt from WHYY public radio article, “Should Delaware allow terminally ill patients to be prescribed medication to end their life?,” published January 28, 2022: “Dawn Lentz has seen too many of her friends in Delaware die in agony from cancer and other illnesses without having the option to go out on their own terms……
The Delaware House Health & Human Development Committee released a medical aid-in-dying bill to the House floor at the end of a hearing Wednesday featuring Delawareans with incurable diseases and family members of loved ones who died in agony because they didn’t have the option of medical aid in dying. The committee voted 8 to…
El Comité de Salud y Desarrollo Humano de la Cámara de Representantes de Delaware presentó el miércoles una medida de ley de ayuda médica para morir al pleno de la Cámara al final de una audiencia, en la que se presentaron residentes de Delaware con enfermedades incurables y familiares de seres queridos que murieron en…
An excerpt from the Delaware Online/The News Journal op-ed, “Passing end of life legislation in 2022 would honor deceased advocates,” by Mark Hayden—whose husband was Compassion & Choices Volunteer Storyteller Tom La Follette—published July 8, 2021: “Despite suffering from painful lesions throughout his body caused by a terminal cancer called Kaposi’s sarcoma, my late husband,…
The Ron Silverio/Heather Block Delaware End of Life Options Act (HB 140), which would allow medical aid in dying in Delaware, was reintroduced in the General Assembly earlier today by Rep. Paul Baumbach (D-District 23). The bill has the most cosponsors, nine, since its first introduction in 2017. They include: Senate Majority Leader Bryan Townsend…
An excerpt from the Delaware Business Times, “Viewpoint: COVID-19 crisis demonstrates urgent need for end-of-life planning,” by Compassion & Choices President and CEO Kim Callinan, published April 15, 2020: Thousands of Americans have died from coronavirus, with countless heartbreaking stories. Many families have been separated from a loved one who dies alone in a…
An excerpt from the Delaware State News commentary, “End-of-life planning moves to the forefront,” by Compassion & Choices President and CEO Kim Callinan, published April 15, 2020: Thousands of Americans have died from coronavirus, with countless heartbreaking stories. Many families have been separated from a loved one who dies alone in a hospital bed….
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