JOHNMATYI.COM: From Abortion to Assisted Suicide: So just what is next?

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JOHNMATYI.COM: From Abortion to Assisted Suicide: So just what is next?

From Abortion to Assisted Suicide: So just what is next?

[John K. Matyi] So what is the next step toward moving this country even further left? As you can see Assisted Suicide becomes the law (at least in the state of Washington) in July 2009. I seem to remember there was a doctor, Jack Kevorkian, who was released from prison about five months ago (after 8 years) for an assisted suicide. Have we really gone that far to the left that the vote for death was 1-1000?Washington Doctors, Hospitals Refuse to Take Part in New Assisted Suicide Law

Olympia, WA (LifeNews.com) — Voters in Washington may have made their state the second in the nation to legalize assisted suicide but that doesn't mean patients who want their physician's help in killing themselves will be able to get it. Doctors and hospitals are already speaking up saying they will refuse assisted suicide requests.
Though voters approved I-1000 on Tuesday, the Washington State Medical Association says doctors have no obligation to participate in killing patients.
Meanwhile, Providence Health and Services, the largest medical system in eastern Washington, states it will prohibit doctors from killing patients at its medical centers, nursing homes and other facilities.
"Providence will not support physician-assisted suicide within its ministries," it said in a statement published in the Spokesman Review newspaper.
"This position is grounded in our basic values of respect for the sacredness of life, compassionate care of dying and vulnerable persons, and respect for the integrity of medical, nursing and allied health professions. We do not believe health care providers should ever be put in a position of aiding a patient in taking his or her own life," the statement continued.