Colorado Right-To-Die Backers Try Again Before House Panel

DENVER (AP) – Supporters of a Colorado right-to-die bill tried to overcome a defeat in a GOP-led state Senate committee by urging a Democrat-led House panel Thursday to provide a legal option for the terminally ill to end their lives.
Opponents argued the bill would facilitate doctor-assisted suicide, especially with wrong terminal diagnoses, and they insisted existing hospice and palliative care for the dying is sufficient. They testified in droves Wednesday, and their arguments helped de