Monday, April 20, 2009

Montana, Legalized Assisted-Suicide Ignored

More than four months after a Montana judge legalized doctor-assisted suicide, no one in "Big Sky Country" has used it for end-of-life issues. The decision by Judge Dorothy McCarter to legalize doctor-assisted suicide has now been appealed to the state Supreme Court.

After McCarter's ruling in December, the Montana Medical Association adopted a policy that states, "it does not condone the deliberate act of precipitating the death of a patient."

Jeff Laszloffy, with the Montana Family Foundation, www.montanafamily.org  believes Montana doctors want nothing to do with it. He states: "Well, if I were a doctor, I would be reluctant to participate, too. All the doctors I know got into the field of medicine to help people, not to commit murder."  "And that's what physician-assisted suicide is. It really is just a little cozy term for murder and doctors don't want to participate -- and we applaud that decision," he further stated. 

We applaud you "Big Sky Country!" Many people think because something is legal, it is right. Montana is showing this is not true, by ignoring Judge Dorothy McCarter's decision to legalize doctor-assisted suicide, and by also seeking to appeal this very wrong ruling.

  

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