Assisted suicide

It is always important to keep up with what laws are being made not just in your state but in others because it can cause other states to adopt those same laws. One like Initiative 1000 in Washington is a good example. When we see laws being put forward in one state to allow assistant suicide then it might be a good time to educate the people in your parish so it can be stopped early. Here is a little something on Initiative 1000.

Initiative 1000 would legalize assisted suicide, permitting a doctor to give a lethal overdose to a
patient if the doctor feels that the patient is likely to die within six months. Proponents argue that this initiative presents a “humane step toward improving care for terminally ill adults.” But an actual reading of the initiative text shows no real safeguards to protect the vulnerable. Instead, Initiative 1000 pressures those without adequate insurance or financial means to think that they have no choice other than assisted suicide. It provides an incentive for health plans to cut costs by encouraging assisted suicide. And it places many Washingtonians at risk. Patients currently have end-of-life choices, including durable power of attorney • and living wills, among others. Patients at end of life deserve personal care and real compassion. Not assisted suicide. • Similar proposals have been defeated in 21 states. Since Oregon passed its assisted-suicide
law in 1994 – the only state to do so – numerous physician-assisted suicide and/or euthanasia
bills have been introduced in 21 states, some multiple times. Not one has passed.For more information on this you can go out to. www.noassistedsuicide.com