In November 1994, George Soros delivered a speech on the questions raised by the culture of dying in America. His speech, reproduced here, elaborated much of the origins and aims of the Open Society Institute's Project on Death in America.
Excerpts:
Third, we must increase the availability of hospice services for terminally ill patients removing restrictions on admittance and enhancing reimbursement regulations. We should consider laws that permit next of kin to decide to forego life sustaining medical interventions even when a patients wishes are not known. The government may have to help family members financially so that they can take care of dying persons at home by the least expensive means. These are only a few of the approaches to transforming the culture of dying that our project will be exploring in the months to come.
More:
This brings me to that hotly debated subject, physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia. This is the one aspect of dying that is talked about everywhere -- on television, in public forums, in newspaper headlines, and serious journal articles. Voters in Oregon just approved a law that makes it the first state to lift the prohibition against physician-assisted suicide.
As the son of a mother who was member of the Hemlock Society, and as a reader of Plato's Phaedra, I cannot but approve. But I must emphasize that I am speaking in my personal capacity and not on behalf of the Board of the Project on Death in America. There are members of the Board who take a different position and the Board as a whole wants to steer clear of the issue because it feels it has plenty to do before opening that Pandoras box. Instead of getting embroiled in the debate on physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia, they want to support the training of health care professionals, enabling them to provide humane, compassionate care to the dying, including improved physician-patient communication, patient-centered care, better physician judgment on withdrawing or withholding care, and familiarity with the principles and practices of palliative care.
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I believe someone posted a reference to Judge Greer's interest in politics. George Soros is heavily involved in politics. Maybe there's a connection with George Felos, also. Guaranteed they are both dems.
Recent links:
Billionaire Pledges $10 Million to Defeat Pro-Life President
Multibillionaire Soros commits $10 million to new Democratic-leaning group
Soros Backs Anti-Bush Campaign With $10 Mln
George Soros Link to material on FreeRepublic
George Soros Google goes on for pages
I can't find a website for the specific Soros group, Americans Coming Together or ACT, although there are many by that name. Perhaps it isn't set up yet or perhaps they are obscuring it in some way.