Poll: Should Missouri have a law like Oregon’s ‘Death with Dignity Act’?
Last week you probably heard about the terminally ill woman in Oregon who ended her own life:
Brittany Maynard, who became the public face of the controversial right-to-die movement over the last few weeks, ended her own life Saturday at her home in Portland, Oregon. She was 29. (People)
Once diagnosed she moved from California to Oregon to be able to end her life on her terms.
On October 27, 1997 Oregon enacted the Death with Dignity Act which allows terminally-ill Oregonians to end their lives through the voluntary self-administration of lethal medications, expressly prescribed by a physician for that purpose. The Oregon Death with Dignity Act requires the Oregon Health Authority to collect information about the patients and physicians who participate in the Act, and publish an annual statistical report. (Oregon Public Health Dept)
Her death has sparked a new debate about the right for terminal patients to end their lives. The poll question for this week asks if Missouri should have a similar law to allow those who are terminally ill to end their own lives on their terms? The poll is in the right sidebar on the desktop view.
— Steve Patterson
Of course MO should have a ‘Death with Dignity Act.” But so long as Jesus is sitting in the legislature it isn’t going to happen.
Jesus, unfortunately, has nothing to do with the current MO Leg. I’ve got my mind on another spectral presence, from the opposite end of the spectrum.