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Democrats in MI and OH Propose Bills Favoring Assisted Suicide

&NewLine;<p>Liberals have been working committedly for many years now to legalize suicide for people who are in pain or distress and want to end their suffering&period; The dangerous slippery slope landing one in grave is being abused in leftist-run countries like Canada where ad campaigns have been running to convince people that death is good for you long as your doctor is onboard&period; And liberals in Ohio and Michigan are unsurprisingly on the same page&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true"><p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">Companies are running ad campaigns glorifying government assisted suicide in Canada<br><br>This commercial is from a fashion retailer<br><br>The message is&comma; you just have to be brave enough to see the beauty in death<br><br>It’s promoting where a doctor helps kill you in Canada’s MAiD program… <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;jVoEEArwTq">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;jVoEEArwTq<&sol;a><&sol;p>&mdash&semi; Wall Street Apes &lpar;&commat;WallStreetApes&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;WallStreetApes&sol;status&sol;2049333644125233381&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">April 29&comma; 2026<&sol;a><&sol;blockquote><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Last month&comma; Democrats in Michigan’s State House introduced a set of four bills – HB 5825 through HB 5828 – to legalize medical assistance in suicide by terminally ill patients&period; The Democrats have named their legislation the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Dying with Dignity Act&period;” As reported on the pro-life website <em>Live Action<&sol;em> &lpar;May 15&rpar;&comma; the proposed legislation seeks to allow medical professionals to help eligible patients end their lives with lethal drugs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>For the patients to be eligible for requesting such assistance from the doctors&comma; they need to have a terminal diagnosis with a life expectancy of six months or less&semi; they have to be adult &lpar;18 or older&rpar;&semi; and be mentally capable of making medical decisions&period; The proposed law also offers protection to professionals participating in assisted suicide from criminal investigation and prosecution provided that they abide by the laws&period; In addition&comma; the health insurance providers will be prohibited from reducing or refusing coverage of procedures involved in the assisted suicide cases&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The Michigan legislation was quickly followed by a nearly identical bill in Ohio&comma; also introduced by Democrats in the State House under the name &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Ohio Medical Aid in Dying &lpar;MAID&rpar;” Act&period; <em>LifeSite News<&sol;em> &lpar;April 28&rpar; reported that the proposed legislation requires two doctors to sign off on oral and written requests by the terminally ill patients for the prescription of lethal pills to be filled&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Liberals have already legalized medically assisted suicide in blue states like Oregon&comma; California&comma; Washington&comma; and Colorado&period; Michigan and Ohio are next on their list though the State House in both states has a Republican majority&semi; and Republicans are generally opposed to assisted suicide on moral grounds&period; Ohio has a wide majority of Republicans in the State House while Michigan’s Republican majority is rather slim &lpar;58–52&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In opposition to the liberal push for assisted suicide&comma; <em>Live Action<&sol;em> wrote&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><em>A genuinely compassionate society does not address pain with poison&semi; it tackles illnesses and suffering with hospice&comma; palliative medicine&comma; presence&comma; and protection for some of the most vulnerable members of society&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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