On May 21, 2020, the Kansas State Legislature reconvened for one day and then adjourned subsequent to action having been suspended due to the COVID-19 virus.
No action was taken on the proposed assisted suicide/euthanasia bill, HB 2089, which is now presumably dead. Barring a special session, the Legislature is adjourned until January 11, 2021.
On January 28, 2019, Bill HB 2089, seeking to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia, was introduced in the House of Representatives and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
There been no activity thus far during the 2019/2020 legislative session.
I
am an attorney and president of Choice is an Illusion, a nonprofit
corporation opposed to assisted suicide and euthanasia. Formed in 2010,
Choice is an Illusion fights against assisted suicide and euthanasia
throughout the US and in other countries.
David
Grube’s guest commentary claims that Oregon’s suicide rates “overall
have gone down ... since its Death with Dignity Act went into effect in
1997.” This claim is false.