Senators Sound Alarm Over NIH Proposal to Remove ‘Lengthen Life’ From Mission Statement Amid Rise in ‘Assisted Suicide’

Published on January 25, 2024

Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) are sounding the alarm on the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) plans to revise its mission statement to remove its commitment to “lengthen life.” The lawmakers sent a letter to NIH Director Dr. Monica Bertagnolli on Jan. 24 expressing their concerns over the potential effects of the change. “We are concerned that eliminating the stated goal of lengthening life within the NIH’s mission statement without explanation or justification could have a negative impact on people’s existing attitudes towards the quality of life of people with disabilities,” they wrote. The lawmakers pointed to what they said was the “rising openness of some countries,” such as Canada and the Netherlands, as well as a handful of states toward “physician-assisted suicide.”...

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