1 February 2018 - Of 7,267 bills proposed by members of Congress over the past year, President Trump mentioned just one by name in his State of the Union address: “Right to Try” legislation allowing terminally ill patients access to drugs not fully approved if they’ve exhausted all other options.

“People who are terminally ill should not have to go from country to country to seek a cure — I want to give them a chance right here at home,” the president said Tuesday night. “It is time for the Congress to give these wonderful Americans the right to try.”

If Right to Try doesn’t make it through Congress, it won’t be for a lack of champions. It’s a pet issue for Vice President Pence, who as Indiana governor signed a state Right to Try law and has been advocating for federal legislation with key lawmakers in recent weeks according to aides and activists.

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