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To: Lane3 who wrote (10765)4/25/2002 4:20:33 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 21057
 
As a court has ruled on it, it is a legal issue......



To: Lane3 who wrote (10765)4/25/2002 4:30:09 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 21057
 
By the way, the voters of Oregon do not have the right to re- institute slavery, under the Constitution, nor to allow polluters to ignore the Clean Air Act. From a political perspective, there is reason to wonder if the issue of assisted suicide ought to be debated nationally, rather than creating an open breach in the current ethical norms under which physicians operate in one state only to see what consequences it has over time throughout the country. Finally, there is plenty of reason, besides fundamentalism, to think that assisted suicide should not be legal, even if it is treated leniently. Therefore, I have no ready response to Ashcroft's position, and would be curious to know if he acted with due discretion in choosing his legal basis......