An assisted suicide bill was narrowly defeated in the Maryland Senate (pictured) last week, ensuring that the measure – which was passed by the House – will not become law, for now.
The House bill had been passed three weeks earlier, on March 3, and the Senate defeated it on March 28. Senator Pamela Beidle of Ann Arundel, a Democrat, switched her vote to no at the last minute. Senator Obie Patterson, a Prince George’s County Democrat, declined to vote on
the bill, and his abstention deadlocked the chamber.
