Posted on 11/16/2008 9:37:37 AM PST by wagglebee
Olympia, WA (LifeNews.com) -- With Washington becoming the second state to legalize assisted suicide, euthanasia opponents have put together a new web site to urge doctors, medical caregivers and citizens to say no to assisted suicide. The site comes after doctors and medical centers have said they won't urge patients to kill themselves.
The Take the Pledge web site urges the three different categories of people to sign an online pledge affirming they will help patients, not urge their death.
"I will treat the sick according to my best ability and judgment, always striving to do no harm. Whenever I care for a terminally-ill patient, I will provide optimal comfort care until natural death," the pledge for doctors says.
"I will also support my patients' wishes not to prolong the dying process with futile treatment. I will never give a deadly drug to anyone even if asked, nor will I suggest suicide," it continues.
"I will always affirm and guard these ethical principles with integrity, recognizing that every human life is inherently valuable," the pledge concludes.
Wesley J. Smith, a noted author and attorney, has endorsed the new web site and urges people to take the pledge to affirm pro-life principles over assisted suicide.
"Just because assisted suicide is legal in Oregon and Washington-State, that does make it right. The time has come for a very public and vibrant declaration of non cooperation with the culture of death," he says.
He says more efforts are needed to build up a conscientious objection to assisted suicide in Oregon and Washington, but he applauds the effort.
"All who oppose assisted suicide, please take the pledge. And in our lives, let us strive to model the kind of acceptance and love toward others that could dissuade people from believing that their own lives--or that of family members--are not worth living," Smith said.
As LifeNews.com reported, doctors and hospitals are already speaking up saying they will refuse assisted suicide requests.
Though voters approved I-1000, the Washington State Medical Association says doctors have no obligation to participate in killing patients.
Meanwhile, Providence Health and Services, the largest medical system in eastern Washington, states it will prohibit doctors from killing patients at its medical centers, nursing homes and other facilities.
Related web sites:
Take The Pledge - http://www.take-the-pledge.com
He makes a great point, the left ALWAYS tries to claim that immorality is "right" if it is legal.
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Homicide is legal in all 50 states, it consists of withdrawing water from patients who can’t get up and get a drink for themselves. I still think police should be called in every time somebody hears about a friend or relative this is being done to.
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"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I couldn't agree more; however, the essence of moral relativism is that morality is a matter of public opinion.
Our governor favors forcing pharmacies to sell birth control drugs, even in opposition to the pharmacists personal beliefs. I wouldn’t put it past the liberals in Olympia to force doctors to kill people, by abortion or so-called assisted suicide. This is the change the left has been promised.
My dad is currently near the end of his life due to pancreatic cancer. He’s been at home, and the hospice people are great. They DO supply you with more than enough drugs to keep the patient comfortable. My dad was still able to drink liquids through a straw until yesterday. He’s on a fentanyl patch and morphine drops that are absorbed sublingually. Intentionally witholding fluids from someone is cruel and barbaric.
Euthanasia: giving the Dr. Harold Shipmans of the world the right to legally serial kill.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Shipman
The bizarre part of the equation is how many people want them to do this. Who actually approve of serial killing, even when involuntarily. Anything that will kill people.
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With all of the Euro socialist countries with socialized health care coming this way, this is a very important issue. Check out the European laws on euthanasia and how it is abused in some countries, it is gross
I know EXACTLY what you are dealing with, my grandfather died of pancreatic cancer two years ago this week. His hospice workers were fantastic and were truly a blessing.
I am fully convinced that God has a plan for our lives and it includes everything from the moment of conception, through death and finally with Him. There is no need to alter His design in any way.
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