Family Institute of Connecticut has learned that Compassion and Choices has announced to their members that they intend to pursue assisted suicide in several states next year, including Connecticut. You may recall that Josh Elliot announced plans in 2024 to use a “bait and switch” tactic to pass a restrictive suicide bill and then expand it over time. From a report by The Interim . .

For instance Josh Elliott, a three term member of the Connecticut House, and a sponsor of previous assisted suicide bills was interviewed by Paul Bass for the New Haven Independent. Bass reported “Elliott has been sponsoring bills for years to allow terminally ill people to take their lives” and that under his current bill “almost no one” would qualify for an assisted death. Elliott told Bass: “The important thing for me is to get this bill on the books, and then see how it’s working, and if it’s not and people aren’t using it, then make those corrections to actually allow people to use it. So that is what we’ve been discussing.”

Now is a good time to brush up on the arguments against assisted suicide. To that end, check out our recording of our 2022 Caring About Everyone – A Conference Against Assisted Suicide. We brought international speakers to Connecticut to educate our members.