Utah House advances bill to add assisted suicide to state manslaughter statute

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House voted in favor of a bill Tuesday that would add assisted suicide to the state's manslaughter statute.Under HB86, sponsored by Rep. Mike McKell, R-Spanish Fork, it would become a second-degree felony in Utah to knowingly provide the means for someone to take their own life or to aid in a suicide attempt.The bill comes in the wake of the suicide of a 16-year-old girl in Utah County that prosecutors say was only possible through the help and encouragement of he