The Catholic Church and advocates for people with disabilities say it legalizes premature suicide and puts terminally ill patients at risk for coerced death. After a ballot initiative went into effect in 1998, Oregon became the first state to make it legal for a doctor to prescribe a life-ending drug to a terminally ill patient of sound mind who makes the request. In Montana, a 2009 state Supreme Court ruling found that nothing in state law expressly prohibits physician-assisted suicide, and that doctors could use a patient's request for life-ending medication as a defense against criminal charges. [...] the state Legislature has rejected bills each session that would either prohibit physician-assisted suicide or explicitly legitimize it in state law. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE OPTED FOR PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED DEATHS? Since it was enacted, more than 850 people in Oregon have used the law to die as of Dec.
A Look At Efforts To Legalize Physician-assisted Deaths
By JULIE WATSON, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle
Tue, 10/06/2015 - 9:06pm
BING NEWS:
- Voice of the People: Oppose physician assisted suicide bill
As a hospice nurse for over 25 years, I have had the privilege to witness many patients and families navigate their end-of-life journey. Although this can be one of the ...
04/27/2024 - 2:00 am | View Link - Debate continues on Virginia bill to legalize physician-assisted death
Virginians are polarized around the procedure of physician-assisted death; divided by the concept of a person’s free will versus accepting their fate. Many physicians oppose it on the principle of ...
04/22/2024 - 12:24 pm | View Link - Cloning makes three: Two more endangered ferrets are gene copies of critter frozen in 1980s
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Two more black-footed ferrets have been cloned from the genes used for the first clone of an endangered species in the U.S., bringing to three the number of slinky predators ...
04/21/2024 - 10:15 am | View Link - More
Welcome to Wopular
Wopular is an
online newspaper rack,
giving you a summary view of the top headlines from the top news sites.
Senh Duong (Founder)
Wopular,
MWB,
RottenTomatoes
MoviesWithButter : Our Sister Site
- "Expendables 4" Starts Shooting This Fall, Says Randy Couture at the Arnold Sports Festival more
- “Expendables 4” Gets Funding Interest from “Ip Man 3” Financier more
- "Ip Man 3" Distributor Suspected of Box Office Fraud, Parent Company Loses $200M in Market Cap more
- Yen Targets "Ip Man 4" for 2018 Release; Discusses Film with Director, Producer more
- "Ip Man 3" Shatters Expectations with $72M Opening [China Box Office] more