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119-hconres-121119th Congress

Expressing the sense of the Congress that assisted suicide (sometimes referred to using other terms) puts everyone, including those most vulnerable, at risk of deadly harm.

Sponsored By: Representative Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3]

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Summary

Opposition to assisted suicide is the resolution's central message. This resolution would express congressional concern that assisted suicide risks vulnerable people and call for stronger federal emphasis on palliative, in-home, and hospice care.

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  • Families and caregivers: Frames the elderly, people with disabilities, and those under emotional or financial pressure as vulnerable to coercion and urges protections against undue influence when end-of-life choices are made.
  • People with mental health needs: Notes studies showing some who seek assisted suicide have treatable depression or anxiety and calls for better access to mental health and supportive care before lethal options are considered.
  • States and safeguards: Highlights that some states legalize assisted suicide while more than 30 states have rejected it since 1994 and criticizes weak safeguards like limited reporting, absent medical attendants, and lack of independent monitoring.
  • Health care systems and reporting: Raises concerns that assisted suicide could undermine health care integrity and lead to inconsistent death reporting when underlying conditions are recorded instead of suicide.
  • Federal posture: Reaffirms the 1997 federal restriction on funding assistance for causing death and says the federal government should not adopt policies that endorse or facilitate assisted suicide.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3]

NC • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 9/24/2026

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