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To: Ohioan from Florida; Goodgirlinred; Miss Behave; cyn; AlwaysFree; amdgmary; angelwings49; ...
I NEVER imagined the day would come that people would even have to wonder whether their doctors and hospitals wanted them alive or dead.

Thread by me.

Washington Group Building Assisted Suicide Free Zones With Doctors, Hospitals

Olympia, WA (LifeNews.com) -- One of the leading groups that tried to defeat the November ballot proposal voters approved to make the state the second to legalize assisted suicide is no trying to counteract the measure. The Coalition Against Assisted Suicide is working with hospitals and doctors to create assisted suicide free zones.

Katie Martin of CAAS tells LifeNews.com that she is hearing from Washington citizens who want to patronize doctors and medical centers committed to refusing to be involved in assisted suicides.

"We have received calls from across the state from Washington residents concerned about their hospitals, care facilities or doctors participating in assisted suicide," she said.

"Senior citizens, people with disabilities and caregivers have contacted us to ask how to make sure the facilities in their communities remain safe harbors, 'assisted suicide-free zones,'" Martin elaborated...

149 posted on 01/01/2009 3:47:04 PM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee

Suicide Free Zones: How will they screen for infiltrators? The pro-deathers would thrill at the chance to sneak into a suicide free zone. If they don’t screen, there will be moles.


153 posted on 01/02/2009 12:27:56 PM PST by floriduh voter (Although I've picture in picture & surround sound, NOBAMA TV Inauguration Week.)
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To: wagglebee

BUMP


171 posted on 01/05/2009 3:15:40 PM PST by Dante3
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