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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...

Boston city councilors voted Wednesday to double their term length from four to eight years. The vote also resulted in a law that will limit candidates to only run for one municipal election at a time. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

State legislators consider physician-assisted suicide

Lexi Peery October 29, 2015

As part of an ongoing national conversation about the ethics of allowing terminally ill patients to die on their own terms, state legislators considered a bill about physician-assisted suicide at a Tuesday...

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