Members phkrause Posted April 12 Members Share Posted April 12 Terminally ill patients ask more states to legalize physician-assisted death Lawmakers in at least 12 states are debating bills that would legalize physician-assisted death. The laws would allow terminally ill patients under specified conditions to end their lives with a doctor’s help. Two national organizations lobbying for the bills argue it’s about autonomy and compassion, and some power over one’s preordained exit. Read more. Why this matters: The current patchwork of laws has left Americans in most states without recourse. Only 10 states and Washington, D.C., allow for physician-assisted death while two states have gone in the opposite direction. Some patients choose to apply for residency in a state where it’s legal while others take arduous trips in the late-stages of disease to die in unfamiliar places, far from family and friends. The issue is contentious. Opponents, including many religious groups and lawmakers, have moral objections to the concept of someone ending their life. Even with safeguards in place, they argue, the decision could be made for the wrong reasons, including depression or pressure from family burdened by their caretaking. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ France is proposing to allow terminally ill patients to take lethal medication Ecuador’s high court decriminalizes euthanasia, following a lawsuit by a terminally ill patient Virginia lawmakers defeat medically assisted suicide bill Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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