Massachusetts Committee delays vote on assisted suicide bill.

Alex Schadenberg
Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition

The Massachusetts Public Health Committee is delaying their consideration of the state assisted suicide bill by 30 days. Chris Lisinski reported for Yahoo News on June 3, 2025 that:

Legislators last week asked for a 30-day extension on a bill that would authorize physician-assisted suicide (H 2505), according to the House clerk’s office, keeping it idling in the Public Health Committee through a Tuesday event that drew both supporters and opponents of the long-debated policy.

Backers of the proposal, which has stalled out without a House or Senate vote for multiple terms in a row, argued they made “historic progress” last session by winning support from both the Public Health Committee and Health Care Financing Committee.

Lisinski reported that Senator Jo Comerford told an opponent of the bill that:

“This is not an easy conversation to have, yet in this State House, we welcome democratic engagement, we welcome debate, we welcome dissent,” the Northampton Democrat said. “If we weren’t asking important questions about whether or not assisted suicide could be made safe — and I do believe it’s made safe in this bill, I do believe that — we wouldn’t be doing our jobs. This is too important a bill for us not to engage seriously with, so you are welcome here.”

“If there are ways to make this stronger, let’s do it together, friends. We are not railroading this bill through the State House,” she added.

As stated by one of the signs at the Public Health Committee, Assisted Suicide Cannot Be MAiD Safe.

The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition urges our supporters to continue contacting their elected representatives in Massachusetts to oppose the bill. We oppose killing people.