In case you missed it, the New Hampshire assisted suicide bill got benched this week. The New Hampshire State Senate, in a rare roll call vote, voted to send the bill to an Interim study. They didn’t kill the bill, but by suggesting it needs a deeper, longer look, they sidelined it indefinitely.
Related: Night Cap: Assisted Suicide Will Start Out Well-Meaning, Then Gradually Revert To its Eugenic Roots
HB1283 was on our radar long before we even had the bill number. It is an Act Relative to End of Life Options—state-sanctioned assisted suicide. We’ve documented its progression in places that have passed it, and the pattern seems consistent. Whatever the good intentions were at the start, it tends ot evolve into a euthanasia policy.
Summed up.
There is ample evidence throughout history, much of it recent, that claiming compassion to justify government-sanctioned suicide is a trap. Yes, chronic pain is terrible, but not nearly so much as the power of a State that inevitably sees it as a way to solve problems it created or just “problems.”
This is not dead. It will be back, but not this session (which is nearly over). So, keep your eyes open.
Here’s the roll call
Abbas, Daryl(R) Dist. 22 Yea
Altschiller, Debra(D) Dist. 24 Nay
Avard, Kevin(R) Dist. 12 Yea
Birdsell, Regina(R) Dist. 19 Yea
Bradley, Jeb(R) Dist. 3 Yea
Carson, Sharon(R) Dist. 14 Yea
Chandley, Shannon(D) Dist. 11 Yea
D’Allesandro, Lou(D) Dist. 20 Yea
Fenton, Donovan(D) Dist. 10 Nay
Gannon, Bill(R) Dist. 23 Yea
Gendreau, Carrie(R) Dist. 1 Yea
Gray, James(R) Dist. 6 Yea
Innis, Daniel(R) Dist. 7 Yea
Lang, Timothy(R) Dist. 2 Yea
Murphy, Keith(R) Dist. 16 Nay
Pearl, Howard (R) Dist. 17 Yea
Perkins Kwoka, Rebecca(D) Dist. 21 Nay
Prentiss, Suzanne(D) Dist. 5 Nay
Ricciardi, Denise(R) Dist. 9 Yea
Rosenwald, Cindy(D) Dist. 13 Yea
Soucy, Donna(D) Dist. 18 Yea
Ward, Ruth(R) Dist. 8 Yea
Watters, David(D) Dist. 4 Nay
Whitley, Rebecca(D) Dist. 15 Nay
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Steve is a long-time New Hampshire resident, award-winning blogger, and a member of the Board of Directors of The 603 Alliance. He is the owner of Grok Media LLC and the Managing Editor, Executive Editor, assistant editor, Editor, content curator, complaint department, Op-ed editor, gatekeeper (most likely to miss typos because he has no editor), and contributor at GraniteGrok.com. Steve is also a former board member of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, The Republican Volunteer Coalition, has worked for or with many state and local campaigns and grassroots groups, and is a past contributor to the Franklin Center for Public Policy.
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