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The state legislature will consider medical-aid-in-dying legislation this term—more than 60% of Connecticut residents support such a bill

Partway through his 300-mile trek across Connecticut, aid in dying advocate Tim Appleton stopped Thursday at the state Capitol building where he and legislative allies discussed plans to advance a long-stalled proposal to allow terminally ill patients to end their own lives. 

Tim Appleton is crisscrossing CT on foot to advocate for a bill that would allow terminally ill patients to take a lethal dose of medication.

Opinion writer Susan Campbell says that with surveys saying 75% of the state's residents support aid-in-dying legislation, why is that a relatively small group of people in the state Capitol can block a bill from passing after 15 attempts?

Aid in dying advocate Tim Appleton plans to spend the next five weeks crisscrossing Connecticut on foot in a campaign to build public pressure on state lawmakers to pass long-stalled legislation allowing terminally ill adults to end their own lives with medication.

Another attempt to pass aid in dying for terminally ill patients fails as the legislatures Judiciary Committee declines to vote on the bill.

Another attempt to pass aid in dying for terminally ill patients fails as the legislatures Judiciary Committee declines to vote on the bill.

For the third year in a row, the Judiciary Committee essentially ended debate on aid in dying in CT by declining to vote on the bill.

Connecticut’s controversial aid-in-dying bill failed to pass the Judiciary Committee Wednesday, stalling advocates' hopes for passage this year.

Another attempt to pass aid in dying for terminally ill patients fails as the legislatures Judiciary Committee declines to vote on the bill.