Death with Dignity

Death with Dignity (aka Assisted Suicide), with appropriate procedural safeguards, has been approved by the voters of Oregon and should be respected as a matter of States’ Rights and as an issue of Separation of Church & State.

It also seems it would be protected under the implied rights of privacy as put forth in Roe v Wade. (Although I’m not sure about the logic of the “privacy” argument the court applied.)

Republicans who decry the “nanny state” would do well to keep government out of this most personal of decisions. If we profess to be the Party of individual responsibility, let’s respect the “sanctity of life” by not over-regulating humane and dignified death.

More information at Death with Dignity National Center.

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