Physician-Assisted Suicide | Physician-Assisted Suicide Should Not Be Legalized
Wesley J. Smith is an attorney for the International Anti-Euthanasia Task Force. He is the author of Culture of Death: The Destruction of Medical Ethics in America.
Source: The experience of Oregon and the Netherlands, where assisted suicide is legal, reveals that legalizing suicide is a mistake. Once the practice is made legal, some physicians circumvent guidelines designed to protect vulnerable patients, while some patients search for a doctor who will issue a prescription for a lethal dose of medication. In addition, pressure to cut medical costs threatens to...
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