Lawmakers weigh bill to allow doctor-assisted suicide

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3. Gov. Charlie Baker won’t support rep’s right-to-die legislation

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_politics/2015/10/gov_charlie_baker_won_t_support_rep_s_right_to_die_legislation

Gov. Charlie Baker won’t support rep’s right-to-die legislation
Matt Stout Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Gov. Charlie Baker is throwing up a roadblock to a so-called right-to-die bill, saying yesterday he stands with voters who narrowly voted down a 2012 ballot question that would have legalized euthanasia.

Baker couched his early opposition to assisted-dying legislation by saying the “details really matter,” pointing to a Beacon Hill hearing today when a bill is set to be debated before the Joint Committee on Public Health.

But the failed 2012 “death with dignity” ballot question — shot down by a margin of fewer than 63,000 votes — matters, the Swampscott Republican said.

“I do take my lead a bit from the fact that the voters of the commonwealth had an opportunity to consider this and voted it down. I’m going to start with them,” Baker told reporters.