SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS OREGON'S SUICIDE LAW

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[SoFloFreeper]

BREAKING ON THE AP WIRE:

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court has upheld Oregon's one-of-a-kind physician-assisted suicide law, rejecting a Bush administration attempt to punish doctors who help terminally ill patients die.

[Freedom Dignity n Honor]

"The difference is that the NOW gang steadfastly refuses to acknowledge that there are two human bodies involved in an abortion, not just one."

And there are at least two human bodies involved in an assisted suicide.

If people want to kill themselves, let them do it by themselves and not involve innocent people or the medical profession.

[Sirloin]

Let's see, don't you think Roberts, Thomas and Scalia took that into account when voting against his views?

I do think they took that into account and decided that the CSA trumped it. I disagree with their views. Thankfully my interpretation was shared by the majority.

[EternalVigilance]

And Jesus had the right to be crucified, even though He foresaw it and could have avoided it.

LOL...now you're suggesting that Christ committed suicide.

Amazing.

[Gondring]

huh?

Suicide is suicide regardless the WHY [...]

Okay, then...why not call it suicide, which it is!? Euthanasia involves killing another person. The Oregon law is about killing oneself (i.e., suicide!)

you argue it is not euthanaia because of the reason it is done

Please show where I did that! I argue it's not euthanasia because it doesn't match the definition of the word.

[Wormwood]

If people want to kill themselves, let them do it by themselves and not involve innocent people or the medical profession.

Since suicide is a matter of alleviating suffering, I would like to avoide botching the attempt and potentially increase my present agonies.

Therefore I would appreciate the option to consult a professional trained in the science of adminstering medicine.

[EternalVigilance]

Are you a liberal? The only folks I've ever met who didn't know the difference between protecting the lives of the innocent and taking the lives of the guilty have been liberals.

[Gondring]

If people want to kill themselves, let them do it by themselves and not involve innocent people or the medical profession.

Agreed. There should be no prescription required to get Seconal, and we should allow people to have it delivered. (Or do you just not think about disabled people when you make your propnouncements?)

[Wormwood]

LOL...now you're suggesting that Christ committed suicide.

Well, couldn't He have used his superpowers to smite the Romans and escape?

[Gondring]

this is a matter for the states

Why not for individuals?

[DBeers]

The Oregon law is about killing oneself

The law in question is about doctors providing and faciltating the death of another -as in killing The law is not about suicide although it may be called suicide. It is all about procuring death and the only difference between suicide and euthansia is who the killer is...

[Gondring]

Well, couldn't He have used his superpowers to smite the Romans and escape?

God clearly wanted Him dead, so just like you should never swerve to miss an accident, Jesus could not avoid His fate.

[Wormwood]

God clearly wanted Him dead, so just like you should never swerve to miss an accident, Jesus could not avoid His fate.

More importantly, the State wanted him dead...and since everyone the State is always the agent of Divine Will . . . well, you do the math.

[B Knotts]

Methinks what Thomas wrote was meant as a Stooges eye-poke to his colleages.

At this point, I'd be more confident in decisions from a court populated only by the Stooges than they current court.

[DBeers]

Are you a liberal?

Isn't it obvious LOL... The same flawed arguments are posited daily on DU...

[eastforker]

My 2 cents worth. The USSC refused to get involved with California's death penalty on Toki Williams because it is a state issue.The same with this, it is a state issue. Everyone here should be glad that the USSC is not getting involved in this. Let the states govern themselves. It will define what they are. The liberals will be attracted to the liberal states and the conservatives will be drawn to the conservative ones.

[BunnySlippers]

Like a typical Liberal, BS leaves the computer at work, after having tracked this thread through hundreds of posts, and returns home to his/her publicly subsidized home, in a government car.

Wrong on all counts. How do you do it? Besides I'm in the most capitatistic business you can imagine ... posted right in my profile. I'm reminded everyday of the greatness of our economic system. Let's get back to your accusations. Supposedly I got on this thread and began "trashing' people. Was that it? Do me a favor and point out the post. I looked through this thread and cannot see it. If you can't find it then go pick on someone else.

[Gondring]

the only difference between suicide and euthansia is who the killer is...

And what a difference that is...as EternalVigilance has pointed out. In that mixed-up world, it's okay for the government to kill others, but a person has no right to kill himself.

We all live for the hive, you know...