Washington – District of Columbia lawmakers are set to vote for the final time on a bill that would allow terminally ill patients to end their own lives with the help of a doctor.
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The “Death with Dignity” bill was approved earlier this month on an 11-to-2 vote. That’s a veto-proof margin, and Mayor Muriel Bowser said she would not veto the legislation. The council will vote Tuesday on whether to send it to the mayor.
The bill would allow patients with six months or less to live to request lethal medication from their doctors. Physician-assisted death is legal in five states.
In the District, opponents expressed concern that poor people would be pushed to end their lives prematurely rather than undergo costly treatment. Supporters said those concerns were unfounded.
If suicide is legal, it can easily be faked.
Death is not dignity. God gave everyone a soul and taking the soul by human means, except by a way sanctioned by God, is murder. How do they know the pain a soul feels when its life is cut short? There are many stories of people who were told they had six months or less to live and lived longer. Doctors are supposed to try to cure. When the health industry cares more about saving and increasing money than about saving and increasing life, the health industry is sick. This sounds like it could turn into Nazi-like actions.