stephanie
01-15-2008, 05:16 AM
Well I don't see why not...look how many children are killed every yr. with abortions...we might as well start on the old and terminally ill, before they start costing us too much money and become a burden to people.....:poke:
by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
January 14, 2008
Madison, WI (LifeNews.com) -- The Wisconsin legislature will hold a hearing on a bill that would legalize assisted suicide and make the state the second after Oregon to allow the grisly practice. The bill follows similar measures in other states such as Vermont, Hawaii and California that failed last year and a new ballot initiative in Washington.
State Sen. Fred Risser and state Rep. Frank Boyle, two Democrats, are behind the legislation, which would allow terminally ill patients to request life-ending drugs from their physicians.
The bill requires patients to get their terminally ill condition verified by two doctors and they must be expected to die within the next six months. Only then can they request the drugs to be used in killing themselves.
Risser and Boyle have proposed similar bills in previous years but they never received votes in either state House or Senate.
On January 23, the Senate Public Health, Senior Issues, Long Term Care and Privacy Committee will hold a public hearing on the measure, SB 151.
Wisconsin Right to Life told LifeNews.com on Monday that the group will testify against the bill and do everything it can to urge lawmakers to vote against it.
"We must guard against those 'choices' which victimize the vulnerable, ourselves, and society as a whole," WRTL legislative director Susan Armacost told LifeNews.com.
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by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
January 14, 2008
Madison, WI (LifeNews.com) -- The Wisconsin legislature will hold a hearing on a bill that would legalize assisted suicide and make the state the second after Oregon to allow the grisly practice. The bill follows similar measures in other states such as Vermont, Hawaii and California that failed last year and a new ballot initiative in Washington.
State Sen. Fred Risser and state Rep. Frank Boyle, two Democrats, are behind the legislation, which would allow terminally ill patients to request life-ending drugs from their physicians.
The bill requires patients to get their terminally ill condition verified by two doctors and they must be expected to die within the next six months. Only then can they request the drugs to be used in killing themselves.
Risser and Boyle have proposed similar bills in previous years but they never received votes in either state House or Senate.
On January 23, the Senate Public Health, Senior Issues, Long Term Care and Privacy Committee will hold a public hearing on the measure, SB 151.
Wisconsin Right to Life told LifeNews.com on Monday that the group will testify against the bill and do everything it can to urge lawmakers to vote against it.
"We must guard against those 'choices' which victimize the vulnerable, ourselves, and society as a whole," WRTL legislative director Susan Armacost told LifeNews.com.
read the rest...
http://lifenews.com/bio2307.html