Israel assisted suicide bill will not pass
By Alex Schadenberg, executive director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
Minister Uri Orbach
A story appearing at IsraelNationalnews.com reports
Minister Uri Orbach says he will
oppose the legislation of the MK [Member of Knesset] Ofer Shelach (of
the political party Yesh Atid) to allow doctors to prescribe suicide
medication for self-administration in case of terminal illness, “The
health system cannot take responsibility for the euthanasia of terminal
patients. Anyone who wants to take their own lives is not under the care
of the state,” said Orbach.
The Ministerial Committee on
Legislation plans to debate a new bill that seeks to legalize
doctor-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients.
The proposal, dubbed the “death by
prescription” bill, was drafted by MK Ofer Shelah. … It will be
presented to the committee on Sunday. …
“Doctors in Israel have earned the
public’s trust because of our outstanding dedication to saving lives,”
Israel Medical Association Chairman Dr. Leonid Idelman said. “This trust
will be detrimentally harmed if, heaven forbid, any doctor pursues
euthanasia.”
In a letter to German, Idelman noted that the World Medical
Association’s official position on the matter states that euthanasia is
unethical.
“Assisted suicide must be prohibited.
Assisted suicide allows one person to be involved with causing the
death of another person. All jurisdictions have experienced some abuse
of assisted suicide laws.”
Editor’s note. This appeared at alexschadenberg.blogspot.com.Source: NRLC News
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