On February 26, 2026, SB610 , the Georgia Death with Dignity Act, was introduced in the Georgia General Assembly with eight sponsors. The bill has not yet been assigned to a committee. Medical aid in dying legislation was first introduced in Georgia on January 14, 2020, by Senators Steve Henson and Nan Orrock. That session was later suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the bill did not receive further consideration at that time.
Faced with a terminal diagnosis, people in your state deserve the full range end-of-life care options, including medical aid in dying. Medical aid in dying allows terminally ill adults to get a prescription they can take to end their life peacefully.
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End-of-life options supporters across the nation know how critical it is for people to have the right to make their own end-of-life care decisions. That right is under threat in Georgia, where a woman who has been declared dead for over 90 days is still being kept on life support — solely because she was…
A Georgia woman, Adriana Smith, has been declared brain dead for more than 90 days, but her family is being forced to keep her artificially alive because she’s pregnant.
Hospital está Imponiendo Soporte Vital a Mujer Legalmente Muerta hasta que su Feto Tenga 32 Semanas de Gestación, Citando Incorrectamente la Ley Estatal Sobre el Aborto.
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