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Michigan Democrats propose package seeking to legalize assisted suicide
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Democrats in the Michigan House have proposed a package of bills that aim to legalize medically assisted suicide for certain terminally ill adults.
The package, which would create a Death with Dignity Act, would allow certain terminally ill adults with six months or less to live to request and receive medication to end their own life.
As part of the package, patients would need to make multiple requests, both in written and oral form, and must wait at least 15 days between requests. They must also receive an evaluation from two doctors, potentially receive a mental health evaluation, be informed of alternatives such as hospice and pain care and be told they may change their minds at any time.
«A person who without authorization of the patient willfully alters or forges a request for medication under this act or conceals or destroys a rescission of that request with the intent or effect of causing the patient’s death is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 20 years or a fine of not more than $375,000.00, or both,» the legislation reads.
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Democrats in the Michigan House have proposed a package of bills that aim to legalize medically assisted suicide for certain terminally ill adults. (Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)
The proposal also does not allow a doctor or anyone else to directly cause death through lethal injection, mercy killing or active euthanasia.
The package would protect doctors and others from criminal or civil liability if they follow the law, allow providers to opt out and protect patients from insurance discrimination.
Doctors, pharmacists and other licensed professionals cannot be investigated or disciplined simply for assisting in so-called death with dignity, as long as they follow the law, according to the measure.
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Protesters gather during a demonstration organised by Dignity in Dying Scotland, as Scottish Parliament holds the final vote on the Assisted Dying Bill on March 17, 2026 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
The state health department would review cases and publish annual reports. The department would have access to prescription records related to life-ending medication to monitor compliance.
Additionally, health insurers would not be allowed to deny or limit coverage because a person plans to end their lives under the Death with Dignity Act.
Existing insurance rules would be amended so that a patient choosing medical aid when dying would not be treated as having died by suicide for insurance purposes. Life insurance rules about suicide would not apply if a person dies under the Death with Dignity Act.
Michigan would join about a dozen other states and Washington, D.C., in adopting laws allowing physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill adults, including Delaware, New York and Illinois, which each approved legislation in 2025 that will take effect this year.
Michigan would join about a dozen other states and Washington, D.C., in adopting laws allowing physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill adults. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Several other countries, including Canada, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Australia and Colombia, have also legalized so-called death with dignity.
Supporters of the legislation, including medical-aid-in-dying advocacy groups, argue that it would give mentally capable, terminally ill adults an additional end-of-life option, while preserving safeguards such as multiple requests, physician review, waiting periods and the ability to rescind a request at any time.
Republicans and faith leaders, particularly within Catholic and Evangelical communities, have long raised concerns about assisted suicide, citing the sanctity of life, as well as moral and ethical concerns.
«So-called assisted death endangers the weak and marginalized in a society, and it corrupts medicine and erodes our obligations to family,» U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., previously said. «And we will promote and respect every life, no matter how old or sick or weak those persons may be.»
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Details of Todd Blanche’s behind-the-scenes meeting with Angel Mom revealed after Capitol Hill testimony
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EXCLUSIVE: An Illinois Angel Mom whose daughter died after a tragic encounter with an illegal alien last year revealed to Fox News Digital details of a conversation she had with President Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee that convinced her he’s the man for the job.
«I immediately felt so pulled towards him,» Jennifer Bos said, speaking about Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. «You get a certain energy from people, and he is just the kindest… He listened to my story very intently, and you could just see his mind ticking like, ‘what are we going to do about this?’»
Bos’ daughter, Megan Bos, was just 37 when she was found dead in April 2026, stuffed in a garbage can and soaked in bleach, 51 days after she disappeared. An illegal alien from Mexico, Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez, was charged with several felonies in relation to Megan’s death after her body was found on his property.
Jennifer Bos, mother of Megan Bos, speaks during the second day of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on July 16, 2026. President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next attorney general is his former personal defense lawyer Todd Blanche. (Ken Cedeno/AFP via Getty Images)
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Mendoza-Gonzalez is accused of abuse of a corpse, two counts of concealing the death of a person and obstructing justice. He claims Megan overdosed, and insists he had nothing to do with her death.
Due to Illinois’ sanctuary policies, Mendoza-Gonzalez walked free after an initial hearing, infuriating Jennifer. He was tracked down and re-arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Indiana in July 2026, just days after Jennifer shared her tragic story with Trump when they crossed paths at an anti-fentanyl bill signing.
Jennifer and her husband are now raising Megan’s daughter, who was five years old when her mother died.
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Jennifer Bos, mother of Megan Bos, speaks on Capitol Hill during Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing for U.S. attorney general on July 16, 2026, in Washington, D.C. During Blanche’s tenure as acting attorney general, the Justice Department has been under scrutiny for pushing President Trump’s $1.8 billion «anti-weaponization» fund and its handling of the Epstein files. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Though, as Jennifer noted, there is nothing Blanche can do to help her family specifically, since her daughter has already tragically died, she is confident the attorney general nominee understands the plight of Angel Families everywhere.
«We’re trying to make a difference for people who haven’t been touched by this kind of tragedy, who haven’t been touched be the violence that can be from an illegal immigrant,» Jennifer said.
She said she thinks Blanche, placed as acting attorney general after Pam Bondi’s ouster, is «being true to the job he’s supposed to do.»
«I trust that he’s doing the right thing for the right reasons,» she continued.
Jennifer testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee just 24 hours after Democrats on the committee attempted to shred Blanche’s credibility, and paint him as a personal yes-man for Trump.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche gets sworn in at his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
She told Fox News Digital those same Democrats have completely ignored families whose lives have been forever altered by the death of a relative at the hands of an illegal alien, including hers. She didn’t speak to any Democrats on the panel before her Thursday testimony.
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«You know, before President Trump came into office, Angel Families were inconvenient truths,» she said. «They didn’t want to acknowledge the damage that was being done by having open borders and by having people here illegally, that they couldn’t track, they couldn’t identify.»
She described Republicans and independents as «welcoming,» and said they’re always open to meetings and helping Angel Families tell their stories.
Jennifer came face-to-face with her own senator, Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who is the Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee, during Thursday’s hearing.
Senator Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, during a hearing in Washington, D.C., US, on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. The hearing is titled «A Post-Roe America: The Legal Consequences of the Dobbs Decision.» (Photographer: Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
«I was very frustrated listening to my own senator when he addressed me directly, giving his apologies, because all I could think of was, you know, I’ve been out in the public, I’m everywhere, I have been for the last year and a half, yet never once has he said anything to me, reached out to me or anything of the like,» said Jennifer.
She said the issue of illegal alien crime is «very nonpartisan,» noting that it can happen to anyone regardless of political ideology and expressing disappointment that both sides of the political aisle can’t come together to solve the problem.
Jennifer did say that Durbin approached her to chat after the hearing, and that she is hopeful the pair can collaborate on solutions in the future.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a proclamation dedicating February 22nd as Angel Family Day during a remembrance ceremony held in the East Room at the White House February 23, 2026, in Washington, DC. The term «Angel Families» is used to describe people who have lost a relative to a crime committed by an undocumented immigrant. (Win McNamee / Getty Images)
During the hearing, Jennifer said Blanche is listening to Angel Families, and that they’re «being taken seriously.»
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«I’m asking the committee not to wait until another mother is sitting where I am, confirmed Todd Blanche,» she said. «He is a leader who will uphold the law, honor victims, confront dangerous criminal organizations, and fight to give other American families the safety and lasting protection that came too late for mine.»
«I couldn’t save my daughter. But Todd Blanche as attorney general, he might save yours because next time, it could be your child. It could be your family. It could be you.»
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La ola de calor elevó la mortalidad en Europa: se reportaron al menos 12.000 muertes adicionales en junio
Una decena de países europeos registró en conjunto al menos 12.000 muertes adicionales durante la ola de calor de junio, según una recopilación de datos oficiales realizada por la agencia de noticias AFP. Se trata de un balance preliminar que podría aumentar a medida que se completen las estadísticas.
Entre el 22 y el 28 de junio, período en el que la ola de calor alcanzó su punto máximo en varios países, institutos nacionales de Alemania, Francia, Bélgica, España, Países Bajos, Suiza y Luxemburgo registraron cerca de 10.000 muertes por encima de lo esperado.
A esta recopilación de datos oficiales realizada por AFP se suman 2.200 muertes relacionadas con la ola de calor en Inglaterra y Gales, según estimaciones publicadas por el servicio meteorológico británico, la Met Office, que abarcan un período ligeramente más amplio, del 18 al 28 de junio.
Los datos preliminares de la plataforma europea de monitoreo de la sobremortalidad EuroMOMO también indican un aumento significativo durante esa última semana de junio, con 14.260 muertes por encima de lo esperado.
Este modelo estadístico se basa en los datos oficiales de 24 países que representan a cerca de 400 millones de habitantes.
Una persona se refresca en una fuente en el Trocadero, cerca de la Torre Eiffel, durante la ola de calor en París el 24 de junio de 2026. (Foto: AP)
“El verano aún no ha terminado”, advirtió este jueves el director regional de la OMS para Europa, Hans Henri Kluge. “Contamos con las herramientas para evitar estas muertes”.
Actualmente, “demasiados gobiernos siguen considerando el calor como un fenómeno meteorológico en lugar de una emergencia de salud pública”, agregó en un comunicado.
“Dramático”
Hasta el momento, esta semana de junio es la que registra un mayor exceso de mortalidad desde que comenzaron estos registros armonizados de EuroMOMO en 2020.
De todas las semanas del verano boreal de los últimos siete años, esta “semana 26” de 2026 solo es superada por otra en julio de 2022 durante la pandemia de covid-19.
“Hasta donde sabemos, no hay otras causas para esta mortalidad excesiva más que el calor, y esto es bastante dramático”, explicó a la AFP Lasse Vestergaard, epidemiólogo del centro de investigación danés Statens Serum Institut y coordinador de EuroMOMO.
El experto califica esta tendencia como “muy inusual”, pero pide cautela en la interpretación de las cifras más recientes. EuroMOMO considera que son necesarias cuatro semanas para consolidar las estimaciones. El balance preliminar de fallecidos puede aumentar a medida que se completen las estadísticas. (Foto: AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Las olas de calor de junio habrían sido casi imposibles sin el cambio climático, de acuerdo con el grupo de científicos World Weather Attribution.
Miles de muertos en Alemania
Los métodos utilizados para contabilizar el exceso de mortalidad por el calor suelen diferir entre países.
En el caso de España, el sistema de vigilancia de la mortalidad del Centro Nacional de Epidemiología utilizado por el Ministerio de Sanidad atribuyó 610 muertes al calor entre el 22 y el 28 de junio, de las cuales casi dos tercios correspondieron a personas mayores de 85 años.
Alemania registró 5.780 muertes adicionales durante la semana 26 del año en comparación con el promedio de los tres años anteriores, según cálculos basados en las cifras de la Oficina Federal de Estadística (Destatis).
En comparación con las dos semanas anteriores, Destatis contabilizó 7.100 muertes adicionales.
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En Francia, se registraron más de 2.000 muertes adicionales esa misma semana en comparación con la anterior, según la Agencia Nacional de Salud Pública.
En Bélgica, el instituto científico público Sciensano registró 750 muertes en exceso solo entre el 27 y el 28 de junio, de un total de 1.747 entre el 18 de junio y el 1 de julio, una cifra récord durante una ola de calor en el siglo XXI.
Un análisis de AFP de los datos del Instituto Neerlandés de Salud Pública y Medio Ambiente (RIVM) muestra casi 600 muertes por encima de lo esperado en los Países Bajos entre el 22 y el 28 de junio, y unas 220 en Suiza durante el mismo período, según las cifras de la Oficina Federal de Estadística.
Varios países de Europa Central y del Este, también afectados por la ola de calor de junio, entre ellos Eslovaquia y Hungría, aún no han publicado datos preliminares.
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