Death With Dignity Bill on Track to a Vote in Vermont Legislature

Vermont could become the third U.S. state to allow terminal patients in chronic pain and with signoff from doctors the option to take a lethal dosage of pills. "The bill as drafted is flawed, and needs to be – a number of areas need to be clearer," said Sen. Dick Sears (D-Bennington County), who is chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Sears says he's against the concept of the proposed law, as are a majority of his committee colleagues. Normally, that would spell the end of a bill, a fate prior versions met in previous sessions. "But I really believe…

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