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HARTFORD, Connecticut—In April 2021, a group of protesters gathered in the shadow of the gold dome of the Connecticut Capitol, holding signs that read “DON’T CANCEL CARE” and “FREEDOM TO LIVE.” They came to protest that COVID restrictions were forcing them to testify virtually against a bill legalizing a practice they abhorred: medically assisted suicide.

Charles Hilu is a reporter for The Dispatch based in Washington, D.C. Before joining the company in 2024, he was the Collegiate Network Fellow at the Washington Free Beacon and interned at both National Review and the Washington Examiner. When he is not chasing down lawmakers on Capitol Hill, he is probably listening to show tunes or following the premier sports teams of the University of Michigan and city of Detroit.

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