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Just a little f.y.i. Someone mentioned on this thread or another...the ACLU and that they would probably come in on the wrong side of this. They already have. This from http://www.internationaltaskforce.org/fctfla.htm

FLORIDA SUPREME COURT REJECTS ASSISTED SUICIDE
On July 17, 1997, the Florida Supreme Court, by a vote of 5-1, decided the case of Krischer v. McIver (1) which involved a challenge to the state's one hundred twenty-nine year-old law against assisted suicide. (2) The challenge was based on the Florida constitution's Privacy Amendment (3)
The case was an appeal of the January 31, l997 decision by Florida Circuit Judge S. Joseph Davis which gave specific approval for a physician, Dr. Cecil McIver, to intentionally provide a lethal dose of drugs to Charles Hall, an AIDS patient. In his decision Judge Davis ruled that an individual has the "right to determine his or her course of medical treatment, including the option to hasten his or her death." (4)

Davis' decision and its wording posed a serious threat to all Florida residents.

This fact sheet described what was at issue in the case.

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The case is a joint effort of Florida's Hemlock Society and the Florida ACLU. It was in the strategic planning for several years.

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Hemlock actively recruited patients and doctors for the case.
In the summer of l994, Hemlock of Florida ran a front-page article in its newsletter recruiting terminally ill patients and cooperative doctors to serve as plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the state's assisted suicide law. (12) The search continued with additional emphasis being placed on the need for a terminally ill patient "who anticipates that he/she will live for 12 months or so." (13)

By the end of l995, Hemlock reported that Attorney Robert Rivas of the American Civil Liberties Union had agreed to work pro bono on the case and that "[a]s soon as we find the right patient, we will be able to go to court." (14) The ACLU would share costs of the case with Hemlock. (15)

Florida Hemlock president Mary Bennett Hudson said lawsuit organizers traveled statewide, interviewing almost 50 patients and more than 12 physicians to find the ideal plaintiffs for the case. According to Hudson, "We knew we needed people who were articulate, who would make good witnesses." (16)

Finally, semi-retired physician Cecil McIver, 74, and Charles Hall, a 35-year-old restaurant manager who contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion, became the plaintiffs in the case which has reached the Florida Supreme Court.

Doctor and patient had never met before the case began.
In his opinion, declaring the right for McIver to prescribe lethal medication to Hall, Judge Davis implied a Marcus Welby & patient type of relationship between the two plaintiffs: ":[T]he Court must leave the final determination of when to die to the privacy of the physician patient relationship where it belongs." (17) However, McIver and Hall had never met before the lawsuit. (18)

After meeting, McIver's contact with Hall was limited to a "review of Mr. Hall's medical and hospital records" and to observing Hall "on several occasions." (19)

That explains why the Ten Commandments must be removed from courthouses. How can Thou Shalt Not Kill be featured in a mezzanine when the Judges inside are KILLING AMERICANS WITHOUT DUE PROCESS? There is a grand plan here and the left is using the court system to change life as we know it. I hope God is watching them. Nobody else seems to be.