Indiana Resolution Opposing Assisted Suicide Passes in Committee

 Alex Schadenberg, 

Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition

Indiana Resolution 17 titled: A Concurrent Resolution opposing and condemning assisted suicide passed on Wednesday February 29 [2024] passed on the Indiana Senate Committee on Health and Provider Services by a vote of 9 to 2. The following is the wording of the resolution:

Whereas, The State of Indiana has an unqualified interest in the preservation of human life and the State's prohibition on assisting suicide in IC 35-42-1-2.5 both reflects and advances its commitment to the State's interest;

HB 1011 Dead

Per the Patients Rights Action Fund, Indiana bill, HB 1011, is dead for the season and will not carry over to the new year.

Session Adjourns With No Further Action Regarding Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia

The Indiana 2020 regular session adjourned on March 14 with no further action on House Bill HB1020 and Senate Bill SB446, proposing to prohibit assisted suicide and euthanasia. 

Bill Seeks to Legalize Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia

On January 7, 2020, HB 1020, a bill seeking to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia, was read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Public Health.

To view the bill text, click here.