I can tell without saying that in this context, you won't like my answer. The fed has no purpose on this level. Life as it relates to this line of reasoning is a state issue. Even if you think it's murder (which I don't), murder is a state crime, not a federal crime.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. --That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men
If protecting life is not a function of government then a state could be free to terminate all citizens dependant on government for substance, people like Terry. Or instutitude capital punishment for minor crimes. I wish you could see that, we must protect the rights of the weakest amoung us, other wise we will all lose our rights as the wolves thin the heard.