Hawaii Shows Backbone Against Assisted Suicide
The passage of assisted suicide in Washington is not yet causing a major revamping of the political field. Hawaii's assisted suicide legislation looks like it isn't going to make it this year. From the story:
The Hawaii Legislature will not take up a proposal to allow assisted suicides in the state. House Judiciary chairman Jon Riki Karamatsu said Wednesday he will not hear a bill that would allow terminally ill adults to get a lethal dose of medication to end their lives. Karamatsu says advocates of the measure haven't pushed strongly for the bill to be heard this year. He says he's open to considering it in the future.The apparent lack of energy by advocates is a surprise. Perhaps, they had counted the votes and realized it wasn't in the cards. In any event, Rep. Karamatsu deserves congratulations and thanks.
Labels: Hawaii. Assisted Suicide. Bill Not to be Considered.
posted by Wesley J. Smith @ 12:23 AM
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3 Comments:
I'm not as encouraged as SHS is by this. Not only did Hawaii (where I've never wanted to visit, in fact I've always felt I wouldn't want to go there, and now that I've seen Obama I know why) produce Obama, they could be off celebrating that, overconfident, or at the beach, and he said he is open to considering it in the future -- so where's the backbone?
What IS encouraging, as I see it, is that 1,000 new visitors are coming to SHS every day. What they go out and do after that is going to make a big difference.
Of course a lot of people who oppose animal experimentation agree with SHS about everything else but are excluded from the fold by the doctrine of human exceptionalism, but I know I am talking to my shadow here...can't give up just because know won't win though.
When are you going to tell us about the numbers going up SHS?
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