{"id":156800,"date":"2016-12-20T16:26:22","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T21:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=156800"},"modified":"2016-12-20T17:38:39","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T22:38:39","slug":"washington-d-c-mayor-signs-bill-legalizing-assisted-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/washington-d-c-mayor-signs-bill-legalizing-assisted-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Washington, D.C. Mayor signs bill legalizing assisted suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In October 2016, the Washington, D.C. Council voted to approve the so-called “Death with Dignity” bill that would legalize assisted suicide. After\u00a0voting a second\u00a0time<\/a>,\u00a0the bill was sent to the mayor’s office. Despite solid opposition, the assisted suicide lobby expended much effort into legalizing\u00a0assisted suicide in D.C.<\/p>\n

Mayor Muriel Bowser previously announced that she would not veto the\u00a0bill\u00a0(despite her health director’s open opposition to it). And today, Bowser quietly signed the bill into law<\/a>, making Washington, D.C. the seventh jurisdiction in the country to legalize assisted suicide.<\/p>\n

Bowser refused to make a statement explaining her decision. Even as late as 4:30pm ET, her social media feeds remained\u00a0quiet, too, filled with statements about cookies, a 5K, and the roads, but nothing on assisted suicide.<\/p>\n

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