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"Doctors Should Not Participate In Active Physician Assisted Killing", Todd Jorgenson
"Doctors Should Not Participate In Active Physician Assisted Killing", Todd Jorgenson
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All eyes were on the Oregon ballot this past November 8, as Proposition 16 was introduced to the public. Should the Proposition pass, Oregon would become the first state to legalize physician-assisted suicide. At first glance, the Death with Dignity Act appears to offer the terminally ill patient additional freedom in deciding his or her destiny, but it in fact gives a free license for physicians to prescribe death with little if any scrutiny, responsibility, prosecution and even conscience.