Post by Logan on Apr 10, 2016 8:12:08 GMT -6
Colorado group proposes far-reaching assisted-suicide ballot question
A small organization hopes to put assisted suicide in the state constitution and roil the national debate with a ballot question that would go much further than previous failed attempts in Colorado.
Other right-to-die supporters call it euthanasia. Colorado would become the first state to adopt such a far-reaching law.
Initiative 100, a proposed constitutional amendment, would allow people who have an incurable degenerative illness — such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease or even kidney disease or diabetes — to hasten death.
The measure also would allow others to administer the drugs to those who could not do so themselves, which would extend the option to those who are physically disabled by their illness.
Read more: www.denverpost.com/news/ci_29747238/colorado-group-proposes-far-reaching-assisted-suicide-ballot
A small organization hopes to put assisted suicide in the state constitution and roil the national debate with a ballot question that would go much further than previous failed attempts in Colorado.
Other right-to-die supporters call it euthanasia. Colorado would become the first state to adopt such a far-reaching law.
Initiative 100, a proposed constitutional amendment, would allow people who have an incurable degenerative illness — such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease or even kidney disease or diabetes — to hasten death.
The measure also would allow others to administer the drugs to those who could not do so themselves, which would extend the option to those who are physically disabled by their illness.
Read more: www.denverpost.com/news/ci_29747238/colorado-group-proposes-far-reaching-assisted-suicide-ballot