Emergency: Urge Delaware Legislators to Vote NO to Assisted Suicide Bill HB 140

Alex Schadenberg
Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition

Dear Supporter: An emergency response is needed in Delaware.

Please contact every member of the Delaware State House and urge them to vote NO to assisted suicide Bill HB 140. 

(Link to the list of Delaware State House members).

(Link to the list of Delaware State Senators).

On September 20, 2024, Delaware Governor John Carney vetoed assisted suicide Bill HB 140 (Link to the Statement by Governor Carney). Last year, HB 140 passed in the Delaware Senate, on June 25 by one vote.

Governor Carney served his term as Governor. The new Delaware Governor is Matt Meyer who has stated that he supports assisted suicide.

We require members of the House and the Senate to vote NO to defeat Delaware Assisted Suicide Bill HB 140 in 2025.

Please contact every member of the Delaware State House and urge them to vote NO to assisted suicide Bill HB 140. (Link to the list of Delaware State House members). (Link to the list of Delaware State Senators).

Some good arguements opposing HB 140 include:

People with eating disorders are dying by assisted suicide. 

An article by Jennifer Brown that was published in the Colorado Sun on March 14, 2022 reported that Dr. Jennifer Gaudiani, an internal medicine doctor who specializes in eating disorders published a paper on how she was prescribing assisted suicide for people with anorexia nervosa in Colorado. Gaudiani approves assisted suicide for Anorexia Nervosa by falsely defining the condition as terminal.

Nearly every state that has legalized assisted suicide, has expanded their law. 

HB 140 claims to be a "tightly worded" bill. The assisted suicide lobby uses a "bait and switch" technique where they sell assisted suicide with a "tightly worded bill" and if the bill passes they pressure states to expand their laws with expanded legislation or by forcing them with a court case. (Article Link).

Assisted suicide creates two tier medicine

Some suicidal people are offered suicide prevention while others are provided assisted suicide. Assisted suicide is inherently discriminatory.

We believe in caring for people not killing them.

Assisted suicide is an act of providing a poison cocktail to someone who is living wiht suicidal ideation, often related to their health concerns. Assisted suicide constitutes killing. We believe in caring for people at their time of need.

Assisted suicide is not about autonomy but rather it medically abandons a person to death.