CV NEWS FEED // The Nevada Assembly voted April 17 to approve a bill that would legalize physician-assisted suicide, sending the bill to the state Senate for review.
AB 346 would allow terminally ill patients who are expected to die within six months to request a prescription medication to end their lives. They must be at least 18, mentally capable, uncoerced, and properly informed about their medical situation and the effects of requesting the life-ending medications. The bill also lays out other stipulations, such as requiring several witnesses and medical opinions, for allowing physician-assisted suicide.
The Nevada Assembly voted 23-19 in favor of the bill, with Republicans and Democrats on both sides of the issue, Las Vegas NBC affiliate KSNV reported. It is unclear when the Senate will vote on the measure; however, Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo has promised to veto AB 346.
“Expansions in palliative care services and continued improvements in advanced pain management make the end-of-life-provisions in AB346 unnecessary, and I would encourage the 2025 Legislature to disregard AB346 because I will not sign it,” he stated, according to KSNV.
Notably, Delaware’s legislature passed a similar bill April 17, allowing terminally ill state residents to commit physician-assisted suicide.
According to local PBS affiliate WHYY News, Democratic Gov. Matt Meyer is expected to sign the bill into law. CatholicVote previously reported that the bill failed last year because it was vetoed by then-Gov. John Carney, a Catholic.
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