Friday, March 02, 2007

Lead Euthanasia Opponent Says Assisted Suicide Laws Can't be Adequately Controlled

re: "STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, March 1, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Safeguards around assisted suicide laws "inevitably" fail once the practice becomes established, said leading euthanasia opponent Rita Marker in an interview with Peter's Voice columnist John Mallon, published in the February 2007 issue of Messenger of St. Anthony. /The executive director of The International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, Rita Marker is the author of bestselling book Deadly Compassion: The Death of Ann Humphry and the Truth About Euthanasia. Mallon interviewed Marker on the topic of her recent report, Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide & Health Care Decision: Protecting Yourself & Your Family. / "People should recognize that if assisted suicide becomes a medical treatment, which it has in the state of Oregon, there is no way to maintain any of the so-called boundaries or so-called safeguards," said Marker. "It is inevitable that if it becomes available it will be available for any reason or any purpose."..."...

hat tip: The Alliance Alert

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