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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gov. Gary Herbert says he's concerned that a right-to-die bill unveiled this week at the Utah Legislature could be "a right to suicide."
The Republican governor said at a Tuesday afternoon press conference that he's concerned about the bill because life needs to be respected, revered and elevated.
Salt Lake City Democratic Rep. Rebecca Chavez-Houck is running the bill, which would allow terminally ill people with six months left to live to obtain a prescription that allows them to end their lives.
Chavez-Houck acknowledges it may be difficult to get Utah's Republican-controlled Legislature to approve her proposal in the final weeks of their session, but says she wants to kick off a discussion about individual rights for someone facing unbearable suffering.
The bill has not yet had a hearing.
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