In 2005, the family of Terri Schiavo said no more federal appeals on behalf of the brain-damaged Florida woman were planned after a judge rejected an emergency plea to have her feeding tube reinserted. The battle had reached the White House and the U.S. Supreme Court.
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I am impressed how the left finds comfort in twisting words. Using "dignity" makes it all OK.
Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of the first death under the landmark Oregon Death With Dignity Act. On that day in 1998, a woman in her 80s who was near death from breast cancer legally ended her life with barbiturates prescribed by an Oregon doctor.
During the ensuing decade, the unique law has provided what supporters of the act deem a "safe harbor" from criminal and civil liability. That term means that a competent adult who has fewer than six months to live may self-administer a lethal dose of prescription drugs for the purpose of controlling the timing and circumstances of an imminent death.............
Oregon's death with dignity hits 10 years
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