Ellen Barrosse [pictured right] is the retired CEO of Synchrogenix Information Strategies, a global pharmaceutical services company founded in Delaware.
As the Delaware legislature debates House Bill 140, a measure to legalize physician-assisted suicide, the discussion typically centers on individual autonomy and end-of-life dignity. However, emerging research reveals troubling and unintended consequences: The legalization of assisted suicide is associated with increases in non-assisted suicide rates across the general population — a phenomenon known as “suicide contagion.”