WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (LSN) – A U.S. House Committee has passed on a bill to prohibit the dispensing or distribution of a federally regulated drug for the purpose of assisting a suicide. The bill was sponsored by Judiciary Chairman Henry Hyde who said he was “concerned about old people who don’t want to be a burden on their families.” The bill will be voted on in the House either in late August or later. A similar bill is working its way through the Senate.
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