Posted on 11/01/2016 9:22:41 PM PDT by Olog-hai
District of Columbia residents with less than six months to live would be able to request lethal medication from their doctors under a bill approved by lawmakers.
The D.C. Council approved the so-called “right to die” bill Tuesday in an 11-to-2 vote. […]
In the District, opponents expressed concern that lower-income residents would be pushed to end their lives prematurely rather than undergo costly treatment. Supporters said those concerns are unfounded. …
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I missed that movie last time it was on TCM. Forgot to set the DVR too.
JUST LET THEM TRY & STOP ME . .
that lower-income residents would be pushed to end their lives prematurely rather than undergo costly treatment. Supporters said those concerns are unfounded.
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Now the punks that ‘off’ someone will claim the person told them they were sick ...etc...etc...
If anyone ever went up to the District and walked around for a week....they’d suggest that at least a thousand residents of the city are just walking zombies. These are people who burned through brain-cells in the 1980s and 1990s, and live permanently off the street.
If you like your life, you can keep it............
I thought the federal government controlled treatment regimens. I have had two doctors quote accepted procedures as a one size fits all answer to my questions.
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