Expresses Congress's concern that assisted suicide endangers vulnerable individuals and undermines healthcare integrity.
This resolution expresses Congress's belief that assisted suicide endangers everyone, especially the most vulnerable, by potentially restricting life-saving treatments and lacking transparency. It highlights that many patients seeking assisted suicide have treatable mental health conditions and that assisted suicide laws often conceal the practice. The resolution also emphasizes the Supreme Court's stance on the lack of a constitutional right to assisted suicide and the importance of suicide prevention programs.
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