To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
I sympathize with the states rights argument, but states can't do certain things. Taking a life really should be one of them. Oregon's law is highly regulated. You (or immediate family members) have to sign notarized documents if the patient has a terminal illness. There is no slippery slope here. It's not like anybody can just have the physician put them to death.
Again, excellent ruling by SCOTUS.
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Yes, well I can tell you that I know many "immediate family members" who would make the decision based on financial benefits.
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01/17/2006 8:17:40 AM PST by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Oregon's law is highly regulated. You (or immediate family members) have to sign notarized documents if the patient has a terminal illness. There is no slippery slope here. It's not like anybody can just have the physician put them to death.The Dutch once had a "highly regulated" system too with suposed safeguards in their euthanasia laws, but in time they all eroded. An article from The Lancet reports a whopping 8% of infant death in that country is now the result oif lethal injection
There's always a slippery slope.
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