Thursday, April 14, 2005

Assisted Suicide and the California Uninsured

California euthanasia ideologues are working overtime to legalize assisted suicide in the Golden State (A.B. 654). They often point to Oregon as the model for a "good law." In other places, I have often noted, as have many others, that the Oregon law is NOT working as hyped. However, here is a little statistic that Rita Marker researched, which demonstrates how ugly assisted suicide could become in CA. There are nearly twice as many people without health insurance in CA (6.5 m.), as there are total people in Oregon (3.5 m.). Given that assisted suicide would be the cheapest possible "medical treatment" around if it ever were legalized, and noting that many assisted suicide victims in Oregon reportedly "chose" to die so they will not burden their families, the implications for the poor and uninsured if assisted suicide becomes lawful in California are obvious.

1 Comments:

At April 14, 2005 , Blogger UTConservative said...

Mr. Smith:
I am a great admirer of your writing on National Review Online and your opposition to euthanasia.
I have been trying to find a way to get in touch with you, and so far this is it. I have my own blog on blogger, and have planned to write an article on euthanasia there. I am trying to get some of the proponents and opponents to answer questions about specific hypthetical situations, and would love to have your views as one of the good guys. Please email me at lhornbk@yahoo.com if you are interested. Thank you.

 

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