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The Massachusetts legislator hears a bill on medical aid-in-dying on Sept. 26. PHOTO BY CAROLYN KOMATSOULIS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Massachusetts Medical Society ends opposition to ‘medical aid-in-dying’

Michael Gomez December 7, 2017

The Massachusetts Medical Society voted to change its longstanding oppositional position to “medical aid-in-dying,” the group’s preferred term for physician-assisted suicide, to a “neutral”...

The Joint Committee on Public Health hears a bill on physician-assisted suicide Tuesday afternoon at the State House. PHOTO BY CAROLYN KOMATSOULIS / DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Physician-assisted suicide discussed on State House floor

Ellisa Riddell September 27, 2017

The Joint Committee on Public Health heard a bill that relates to physician-assisted suicide at the Massachusetts State House on Tuesday. The bill, sponsored by Massachusetts Rep. Louis Kafka and...

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