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Posted on 11/09/2008 9:36:48 AM PST by wagglebee
British campaigners seeking to decriminalise assisted suicide today welcomed news from the US election that voters in the state of Washington had backed the introduction of legislation to permit a form of euthanasia.
The measure, called "Initiative 1000" was approved by about 58% of voters in the north-western state, according to the latest figures today, and will allow terminally ill people, who have been diagnosed as having six months or less to live, to be prescribed life-ending medication, which would be self-administered.
The law would also remove the threat of prosecution to people who may wish to help a terminally ill person end their life.
A number of British MPs and campaigners such as Debbie Purdy, a terminally ill woman who last week lost her legal challenge to the UK's system of prosecuting assisted suicide cases, are fighting to legalise assisted suicide in the UK.
The legislation in Washington state follows similar moves in the state of Oregan and a number of European countries, including Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland, where assisted suicide is already no longer a crime.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
Now the socialist culture of death in Europe is following America’s lead...and that is a sickening thought
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Wait until the organ harvesters get into this. So sorry. Someone more important needs your kidney. It was nice knowing you.
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