After the Dobbs decision, aid-in-dying advocates are asserting that bodily autonomy should be viewed no differently at the beginning of life than at the end.
The more conservative Senate remains the initiative’s biggest obstacle, even as advocates have reframed the debate. The measure is slated to be heard in committee this week.An “issue of conscience” is how state Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher , the bill’s lead Senate sponsor, described the proposal to allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of drugs to terminally ill patients who want to end their lives.
Donna Smith, the campaign director for Compassion & Choices Action Network in Maryland, said many people who had fought for the bill since 2015 have died. “If you are in support of abortion because of bodily autonomy issues, I don’t see how you could not be in support of this,” she said. “All these people at the end of life have to go through a number of hoops to ensure that this is their choice and they’re making this independent decision, and that’s not required of women getting abortions.
Peña-Melnyk, who is the bill’s lead sponsor in the House, said advocates’ linking of abortion and aid in dying as questions of bodily autonomy “makes sense.” In Annapolis, he met Moore in the hallway of the House building. Diaz introduced himself and quickly told him why he was there. His voice began to shake, Diaz said, and Moore stepped forward and embraced him, and told him to “keep doing what you’re doing. … It’s so important to the people of this state.”
“These are two different matters altogether,” he said. “There is no connection for me. This is about people being taken advantage of.”Advertisement
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