ASSISTED SUICIDE BILL 

OHIO LEGISLATORS ARE CONSIDERING JOINING 13 OTHER STATES IN LEGALIZING ASSISTED SUICIDE WITH SPECIFIC PROVISIONS. 
BEACHWOOD DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE ERIC SYNENBERG (SIGH-NEN-BERG) INTRODUCED HOUSE BILL 828, "THE OHIO MEDICAL AID IN DYING ACT," YESTERDAY (THURSDAY). THE BILL WOULD ALLOW PATIENTS WHO WERE WITHIN SIX MONTHS OR LESS OF DYING FROM A TERMINAL ILLNESS AND ALSO FOUND MENTALLY COMPETENT TO CHOOSE MEDICALLY ASSISTED SUICIDE AS A LIFE-ENDING OPTION. THE STATE WOULD DETERMINE THE PRESCRIPTION MANDATES AND GUIDELINES. NEITHER HOSPITALS NOR INSURERS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE. PROPONENTS SAY IT'S COMPASSIONATE. OPPONENTS SAY IT'S MORALLY, ETHICALLY AND MEDICALLY WRONG.