TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A brand new invoice filed within the Florida Senate was inspired by a current incident in Daytona Beach the place a 76-year-old girl allegedly shot and killed her terminally-ill husband in a hospital.
Florida Sen. Lauren Book, D-Plantation, filed SB 864 on Thursday. The invoice creates a “Death With Dignity” framework that may enable an grownup Florida resident with a clinically recognized terminal situation to hunt a doctor-assisted finish to their life.
Book’s workplace tells News 6 the invoice was inspired by the case of Ellen Gilland. Police say Gilland and her husband, Jerry, who was terminally ailing, deliberate to finish Jerry’s life.
Police say Ellen Gilland ended up shooting her husband at AdventHealth Daytona Beach final month earlier than partaking in a standoff with police. She faces first-degree homicide expenses and was denied bond.
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It’s not the primary time a Florida senator tried to get a Death With Dignity invoice handed. Former Sen. Kevin Rader tried to cross a invoice in 2020, but it surely was by no means even heard in a committee.
There is a corporation referred to as Florida Death with Dignity that’s pushing to deliver a Death With Dignity Act to Florida.
Ten states and the District of Columbia have Death With Dignity acts.
Book’s invoice doesn’t but have companion laws within the Florida House.
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