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Bill would approve of suicide Terminally ill patients could seek relief By Juliette Rule rep9@wyomingnews.com Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE - Legislators will be asked to discuss a death-with-dignity bill drafted by Sen. Keith Goodenough in the upcoming legislative session. Discussion of a bill takes a two-thirds vote during a budget session, and given that, Goodenough, D-Casper, said he doesn't expect the bill to go far. "I'm appealing to the leanings of traditional Libertarian attitudes in Wyoming," he said. "The government should stay out of my life as much as possible, especially with such a personal issue." The bill,...

Home Peter Singer: Architect of the Culture of Death    DONALD DEMARCO The new tradition that Peter Singer welcomes is founded on a "quality-of-life" ethic. It allegedly replaces the outgoing morality that is based on the "sanctity-of-life." Peter Singer "After ruling our thoughts and our decisions about life and death for nearly two thousand years, the traditional Western ethic has collapsed." On this triumphant note, Professor Peter Singer begins his milestone book, Rethinking Life and Death. It conveys an attitude of revolutionary confidence that brings to mind another atheistic iconoclast, Derek Humphry, who has said, "We are trying to...