LAS VEGAS — Nevadans on opposing sides of a complex and controversial issue made impassioned pleas to state lawmakers Tuesday regarding a bill that would allow medically assisted dying for terminally ill patients.
For at least the fifth time, a bill has been introduced in the Nevada Legislature that would allow a medical practitioner to provide lethal drugs to a patient requesting them who is 18 or older with less than six months to live.
The Senate Committee on Health and Human Resources heard testimony from those who said Senate Bill 239 would lessen the agony of dying patients and from others who said it would lead to the abuse of the most vulnerable.
