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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Failure to adopt an Oregon-style death and dying law in other states is not because Americans reject laws promoting further autonomy at the end of life. Public opinion polls assessing government attempts in 2005 to keep Terri Schiavo alive in a persistent vegetative state indicated that Americans largely disapproved of officials' actions, viewing them as an unwelcome government intrusion into the most personal of life decisions. Those responses surprised legislators and pro-life advocates.
Our comments on the Schiavo case in 2005, about changing expectations concerning autonomy and choice in decisions about death and dying, still strike at the heart of the matter: "What the recently intense national discussion demonstrates is that below the radar of politicians, political strategists and analysts, such change has slowly but surely come through the many conversations that have taken place in family kitchens, hospital hallways and church offices over the last 30 years."..........