Two resolutions were submitted to the House of Delegates (both by Republican Delegate Pat McGeehan), the first entitled “Defending Life by Rejecting Euthanasia” which was adopted 87-9 and the second, HJR 28, which adds a new Article to the West Virginia Constitution prohibiting physician-assisted suicide, but does not forbid removing life-sustaining treatment at the patients’ request.
Republican Delegate Larry Kump, who contemplated ending his life as he was battling cancer, said; “I believe that suicide is a sin, but I also believe it is a choice. … No matter how I vote on this bill, I will be both wrong and right.”
Read more: House passes resolutions rejecting euthanasia, assisted suicide – WV MetroNews
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