West Virginia's Proposed Amendment on Assisted Suicide

A proposed amendment in West Virginia seeks to constitutionally outlaw medically-assisted suicide and euthanasia, marking a significant move in the ongoing debate around these practices. This amendment would explicitly prohibit anyone, including healthcare providers, from participating in assisted suicide or mercy killing, while allowing for proper pain management and the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment as per patient requests. If passed, West Virginia would be the first state to legally safeguard against these practices, following the controversial expansion of medically assisted death in Canada. With the aim of stopping the potential for assisted suicide to become normalized, the amendment serves as a preventive measure against the changes experienced in other regions where such practices are already legal.