Michigan

“How a Michigan Congressional Candidate Let ‘Dr. Death’ Off the Hook”
(Washington Free Beacon — October 4, 2022)
A Michigan Democratic congressional candidate says he has no regrets about declining to prosecute the infamous assisted-suicide advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian, more commonly known as “Dr. Death,”for his role in killing 130 terminally ill patients.

“Henry Ford Health officials confirm letter outlining life and death protocols for COVID-19”
(Detroit Free Press — March 27, 2020)
“Patients who have the best chance of getting better are our first priority.  Patients will be evaluated for the best plan of care and dying patients will be provided comfort care….Patients who are not eligible for ICU or ventilator care will receive treatment for pain control and comfort measures. Some conditions that are likely to may [sic] make you not eligible include:
. Severe heart, lung, kidney or liver failure
. Terminal cancers
. Severe trauma or burns

2017-2018
Two bills (both carried over to 2018)  related to doctor-prescribed suicide were introduced in Michigan.
HB No. 4461, titled the “Death with Dignity Act.”
Text of HB 4461
Analysis of HB 4461
and
HB No. 4462 which amends the code of criminal procedure.
Text of HB 4462

2016 bill
The bill (HB 5802) would transform the crime of assisted suicide into a “medical treatment.”  The bill did not pass.

Articles

“Assisted suicide up for consideration, again”
(Detroit Free Press — April 1, 2017)
Michigan became inextricably linked with the assisted-suicide movement because of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, a retired Royal Oak pathologist who assisted in about 130 cases of euthanasia beginning in 1990.

“Bill legalizing assisted suicide gets new life in Lansing”
(August 14, 2016)
In the one day the Legislature was scheduled in session during August, a pair of bills legalizing assisted suicide was introduced by a pair of Democrats — State Reps. Sam Singh of East Lansing and Tom Cochran of Mason.
The bill (HB 5803) would remove penalties for the crime of assisting a suicide from the Michigan code of criminal procedure.

“A Plea For Assisted Suicide: Terminally Ill Woman Wants To Donate Organs”
(Fox17 — Michigan– August 7, 2013)
As she nears her death, Sherri Muzher is asking for help to end her live so she can donate her organs.


Analysis of Proposal B Documented analysis of Proposal B – Michigan’s 1998 assisted suicide ballot initiative.

Text of Proposal B Full 12,000 word text of Michigan’s 1998 ballot initiative to legalize assisted suicide.

In depth look at Michigan’s Proposal B The war of words, the campaign, the proponents and opponents, the “Kevorkian loophole.”

Events leading to initiative News about background of ballot measure to permit Kevorkian type activities.

Jack Kevorkian Kevorkian’s background, writing, activities, victims, plans. etc.

Trial for Kevorkian Kevorkian to go on trial again.

Kevorkian’s lawyer campaigns Geoffrey Fieger fighting for his political life