Psychology Today | 28.10.2026 19:14
Now that a net on the Golden Gate Bridge has proven to prevent suicides, bipartisan federal legislation has been introduced that would provide funding for suicide barriers—a tall railing or a net—at other jump sites in the U.S. The legislation has flaws, but the intent is meaningful. If the bill passes, other communities with jump sites won’t have to wait until more than 2,000 people have died—as they have at the Golden Gate Bridge—before a physical suicide deterrent is erected.
