US lawmakers urge stricter monitoring of medically assisted suicide in hospices

Bipartisan group warns HHS that older adults and people with disabilities risk being pressured to end their lives

Lawmakers urged the health and human services (HHS) secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, on Thursday to establish strict hospice reporting rules to prevent discrimination and coercion in medically assisted suicide.

The bipartisan group of members of Congress warned that older adults, people with disabilities, or those with disaffected caregivers face a particular risk of being pressured to end their lives.