Friday, July 24, 2015

Washington DC: "No" on B21-38.

Below please find the executive summary to my submission against the DC assisted suicide/euthanasia bill. To view the entire submission and its attachments, please click here and here.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

B21-38 is promoted as assuring patient choice and control, which is false.  Points addressed by this memo include:

  • There is a complete lack of oversight when the lethal dose is administered (even if the patient struggled, who would know?) 
  • The bill requires falsification of the death certificate to reflect a natural death.  The significance is a lack of transparency and an inability to prosecute even in a case of outright murder.
  • B21-38 will likely legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia for young adults with chronic conditions such as diabetes. 

Even if you like the concept of assisted suicide and euthanasia, B21-38 is the wrong bill.

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Thank you to everyone who donated and helped me to get this done. Please consider a generous donation to continue to make this work possible. Thank you again.

Margaret Dore, Esq., MBA
Law Offices of Margaret K. Dore, P.S
Choice is an Illusion, a nonprofit corporation.
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Seattle, WA 98154